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School adopts young
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The Nugget
Vol. XXXVIII No. 6
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space objects page 29
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Schools
deal with
messy
sewer pipe
problem
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Gettin’ down to the roots...
Habitat
lobbies
for tax
measure
By Jim cornelius
News Editor
There’s not much nastier
a problem for a school facil-
ity than a sewer pipe backup
in the kitchen. That happened
twice late last month at Sisters
Elementary School, and now
the school district is looking
at replacing a failed section of
pipe.
“We had a belly in the
pipe,” said Sisters School
See SeWer pIpe on page 30
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photo by lynn woodward
The Foghorn String Band kicked off the Sisters Folk Festival’s Winter concert Series with a rousing show last
week. The second concert featuring The Stray Birds is set for February 13.
A contingent of Sisters
Habitat for Humanity mem-
bers ventured to Salem
last Thursday for Habitat
Oregon’s first-ever “lobby
day.” Thirty-five people from
Habitat affiliates around
Oregon met with their legisla-
tors to discuss the Affordable
Homeownership Taxation
Bill and to raise awareness of
Habitat’s work throughout the
state.
House Bill 2690 would
clarify a tax exemption for
properties Habitat affiliates
are holding for future home
See haBITaT on page 26
Council still working on Woman gives birth in car at Subway
Creekside Campground
By Kit Tosello
Correspondent
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
City officials continue
to work through a maze of
issues surrounding the future
of Creekside Park, the City’s
overnight RV campground.
A joint City Council-Parks
Advisory Board (PAB) work-
shop to discuss the future of
Creekside Campground is set
for Thursday, February 12 at
5:30 p.m. at City Hall. The
public is invited to attend. At
their February 5 workshop,
the Council was brought up
to speed about the work done
by the PAB so far.
Pauline Hardie, commu-
nity development director,
reviewed for Council the
information that the PAB has
been analyzing in their efforts
to recommend improvements
to the campground. This
included: copies of the 1985
correction deed; the 1990
Inside...
Master Plan; last season’s
data from the City’s registra-
tion system; fiscal reports;
concerns of the public; con-
cerns of the PAB; and pos-
sible solutions.
Liam Hughes, PAB chair-
man, informed Council that
the neighbors adjacent to the
campground have collected
signatures on a petition that
outlines problems they see
with the campground and
possible solutions. He also
indicated the PAB believes
there are many issues that
need to be addressed before a
new site-plan can be created.
Councilor
We n d y
Holzman reported on the lack
of restrooms issue at Clemens
Park being addressed by the
PAB. (See related story page
11.) She informed Council
of the special meeting with
citizens scheduled at the park
See campgroUNd on page 31
One of Sisters’ newest
residents, Henley Lorenzen
Frutos, entered the world on
Friday in the front seat of a
Chevy Tahoe. Her parents,
Brooke and Damon Frutos,
received her with joy and sur-
prise, while parked next to a
Subway Restaurant in Bend.
“She got here when she
wanted to get here,” said
Brooke.
On Friday morning, just a
few days past the baby’s due
date, Brooke was sent home
from her weekly obstetri-
cian’s exam with the directive
to “wait and see.” Waiting is
something Brooke had come
to expect; her other three
children’s births had required
patience, coaxing and long,
drawn-out hours of labor.
The couple spent the
day waffling about whether
Damon should leave as
planned for Antelope, Oregon,
to help teach a continuing
photo by Kit tosello
henley Frutos was in a hurry. Brooke and damon Frutos delivered her in a
parking lot in Bend, where they stopped on the way to St. charles.
education class on basic
Emergency Medical Training.
Damon is a fire medic for the
Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural
Fire Protection District as
well as a volunteer lieutenant
with Coverdale Fire District.
By 4 p.m., Brooke said,
“I don’t know if that’s such
a good idea.” She was hav-
ing contractions. Around 5:30
p.m., they began timing them.
By 6 p.m., she said, “We gotta
go.”
Along the 40-minute
drive from their home east of
See BIrTh on page 31
Letters/Weather ................ 2 Business at Glance............. 7 Announcements ................12 Obituaries .......................20 Classifieds .................. 27-28
Meetings ........................... 3 Sisters Salutes .................. 9 Movies & Entertainment ....13 Crossword ....................... 26 Real Estate .................29-32