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Wednesday, January 28, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Assets group updates city council
Swimmers excel at
pre-district sprint meet
By John griffith
Correspondent
By rongi Yost
Correspondent
The swim team performed
well in the pre-district swim
meet held in Albany on
Saturday, January 24. The
Outlaws went up against
tough district competi-
tion, which included North
Marion, Blanchet Catholic,
Sweet Home, Stayton,
Cascade, Philomath, Salem
Academy and Junction City.
Best swims of the day
came from Maddi Boettner
in the 200-yard freestyle and
Anna Bartlett in the 500-yard
freestyle. Both Boettner and
Bartlett got the close compe-
tition they’ve been waiting
for all season and ran with it.
Boettner stayed neck-and-
neck with three other girls
until the very last length.
Maddi came in third in her
heat with a time of 2:35.38,
a personal record by five
seconds.
“Maddi’s race is a mental
game,” said Coach Brittany
Morioko. “She needs to
be able to see a swimmer
directly next to her in order to
give her a push. In the com-
ing weeks before district we
will be working on her kick at
the end of her races.”
Bartlett swam her best 500
freestyle of the season. Anna
stayed right with two other
girls for almost the entire
race. In the last 75 yards of
the race, Anna kicked it up
and pulled ahead, winniing
her heat by almost a body-
length with a time of 6:44.56.
“In that long of a race, to
stay with someone that long is
rare, even at the state level,”
said Morioko. “However,
they went into turn after turn
at each wall simultaneously.”
Several other swimmers
had notable races. Mary
Stewart earned a first-place
finish both in the 50-yard
freestyle (25.95) and 50-yard
butterfly (29.04). Emily
Christen came in second in
the 100-yard freestyle with a
time of 1:00.67, and Hannah
Stuwe took five seconds off
in the 50-yard butterfly for
a time of 36.25. Alex Cyrus
shaved two seconds for a
100-yard freestyle time of
1:03.82. Shawn Horton swam
a 10-second personal record
the 500-yard freestyle for a
time of 6:02.18.
In the girls 200-yard med-
ley A relay, Madelyn Zadow,
Anna Bartlett, Mary Stewart
and Emily Christen came in
third behind Sweet Home and
Salem Academy with a time
of 2:07.04.
The boys 200-yard med-
ley A relay (Shawn Horton,
Jonathan Luz, Will Werts and
Alex Cyrus) came in sixth
with a time of 2:01.10.
the addition of Will on
this relay swimming fly
has made an incredible
impact. Will has really
come a long way over the
last couple of years.
— Coach Brittany morioko
“The addition of Will on
this relay swimming fly has
made an incredible impact,”
said Morioko. “Will has
really come a long way over
the last couple of years.”
The swim team will
spend the night in Salem on
Friday, January 30, for two
back-to-back meets. The first
meet, on Friday, will be in
Sweet Home, and the next
day swimmers will be at the
Kroc Center in Salem for the
KROC Blanche Invitational.
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A citizens’ committee
is finalizing the business
analysis of the four potential
“community assets.”
Last June the City char-
tered an ad hoc group to
investigate four ideas for
potential community proj-
ects. Bill Hall, chair of the
ad hoc Community Assets
Committee (CAC) shared
a PowerPoint presentation
at a city council workshop
Thursday that indicated that
the committee would be
wrapping its analysis at their
February 5 meeting. They
will also be looking at pos-
sible combinations of the
projects for the first time.
The current projects under
consideration are a Sisters
Park & Recreation fieldhouse
to allow for indoor commu-
nity sports activities, espe-
cially in the winter months; a
mid-sized convention center;
a winter sports complex/ice
rink; and a science/art/history
center.
The CAC will be preview-
ing their preliminary findings
before the local Rotary and
Kiwanis clubs over a series
of four meetings in March.
On April 26, the refined
project findings will be pre-
sented to the public in a
meeting at FivePine Lodge
& Conference Center, that
will be designed to gener-
ate “passion, involvement
and commitment” according
to committee member Bill
Willitts. FivePine is donat-
ing the use of the center as
well as beer and wine for the
event. Hors d’oeuvres will be
provided by the CAC.
Each of the project final-
ists will be presented at its
own booth.
The CAC is also devel-
oping opinion surveys to
be used in the Rotary and
Kiwanis presentations and at
the FivePine meeting. Plans
to reach out with a survey
directly to the community at
large are still being worked
out.
Both Hall and Willitts
praised the group for rising
above their individual busi-
ness interests and working
toward the best solutions for
the greater community.
The Community Assets
Committee was formed by
former Mayor Brad Boyd
in response to the input
received at the town hall held
at Sisters Middle School in
March 2014 to brainstorm
projects that the commu-
nity would be interested in
investigating.
The town hall meeting
was called after the com-
munity uproar that resulted
from the council’s proposal
to build an amphitheater. At
the time the amphitheater
plans were announced, a sig-
nificant segment of the com-
munity expressed their frus-
tration about the perceived
lack of process, lack of com-
munity involvement, and
lack of transparency involved
in rolling out the proposal,
which many thought was “a
done deal.”
The amphitheater project
was cancelled.
Four projects emerged as
having the most community
interest and the Community
Assets Committee was
formed to assess their poten-
tial viability.
As initially chartered, the
committee is made of 10
local volunteers. The group
has met 12 times since they
were pulled together June
2014.
Committee members
include: Matt Cyrus, Aspen
Lakes; Jerry Norquist,
Cycle Oregon; Bill Willitts,
FivePine; Bill Hall; Caprielle
Foote-Lewis, Economic
Development for Central
Oregon; Liam Hughes,
Sisters Park & Recreation
District; Marshall Jackson,
Sisters School District; Ann
Richardson, Sisters Area
Chamber of Commerce and
Sisters Folk Festival; and
representatives from the city
council, Wendy Holzman and
McKibben Womack.
In other council busi-
ness, City Manager Andrew
Gorayeb was voted a merit
raise based on his most recent
review in December. The
vote was 3-1 in favor of the
raise. New councilor Nancy
Connelly abstained, citing
the fact that she was sworn
in after the review process
had taken place. Councilor
David Asson voted no. There
was no discussion on the
motion.
LETTER FROM SISTERS CITY HALL
In an effort to better engage the public and keep the public informed, every two weeks in this
space you will fi nd information about what is happening in Sisters from the City’s perspective —
projects that are underway, how they are progressing, ideas the Council is considering and general
updates. We want to do our very best to keep you informed.
Here’s what’s going on in Sisters:
City Council The City Council will hold its annual goal-setting session on
Thursday, January 29 from 8 to noon. This is a time when the Council comes
together to produce overarching goals for the city and identifi es the tasks to pro-
duce those goals. As always, the public is encouraged to attend.
New Website Launch The City is beta-testing its new website prior to its offi -
cial launch and requesting feedback from the public. The beta site is available at
http://sistersoregon.gelfuzion.net. The website includes many new features in-
cluding meeting recording, lots of additional information, updated photos, links
to many other agencies and easier navigation. If you have comments or recom-
mendations, please forward them to City Recorder Kathy Nelson at knelson@
ci.sisters.or.us.
Street and Sidewalk Improvements Street, sidewalk and Americans with
Disabilities (ADA) improvements have begun on Hood Avenue between Fir
Street and Pine Street and will continue over the next few weeks.
Job Openings The City is accepting applications for the position of Associate
Planner and Community Development Director. Information on job qualifi ca-
tion and applications can be found on the City’s website at www.ci.sisters.or.us
or at City Hall, located at 520 E. Cascade Avenue.
As always, if you have questions or concerns about anything going on in the City of Sisters, please
contact one of your City Councilors (their contact information is available on the City website,
www.ci.sisters.or.us) or City Hall at 541-549-6022.