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Shootouts a success for players, community page 10 Firefighters raise funds to fight cancer page 19 The Nugget Vol. XXXVIII No. 7 SPRD programs create a lively time for seniors page 21 P OSTAL CUSTOMER News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon www.NuggetNews.com The Sisters School District and the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office are acting to enhance security at the three local public schools. Some of the funding from a bond that failed to pass in November was designated to improve entrance security in the schools, which have poor sight-lines and were not designed with security con- siderations at the forefront. While the current actions do not directly tackle those issues through remodeling, they would mitigate them. Schools superintendent Jim See SECurITy on page 28 Wednesday, February 18, 2015 Breaking ground... District, sheriff act on school security PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15 Food cart battle intensifies By Sue Stafford Correspondent photo by Jim Cornelius david and Leah Tolle (with shovels) were joined by architect Chris mayes (left), friend Terry Bliven, property owner Sam Blackwell and builder doug Hull as they broke ground on a future adult foster care facility. (See story, page 13.) A group of local citizens wants to overturn a staff deci- sion allowing food carts at a downtown Sisters business owned by former mayor Brad Boyd. Critics say that the approval was flawed because former senior planner Eric Porter approved Boyd’s application with no notifica- tion to the Sisters Planning Commission, which would have allowed them to call it up for review if they thought it necessary. It was sup- posed to be a standard prac- tice to inform the planning See Food CarTS on page 30 City and neighbors work SPRD taps Borla for board slot on campground issue By Jim Cornelius News Editor By Sue Stafford Correspondent Lynn Baker, representing the residents of the Buck Run and Coyote Springs neighbor- hoods, closed his testimony at the February 12 joint work- shop of the Parks Advisory Board (PAB) and the Sisters City Council with a reminder: “The character of a city is reflected by the ways in which the city protects the quality of life of its resi- dents,” he concluded. The neighborhoods, adjacent to the Creekside Campground, have been actively involved in organiz- ing, testifying, and petitioning the City regarding the impact of past decisions and actions regarding the campground and their concerns for pro- posed future changes. The 104 petition-signers Inside... living around the campground fear those impacts will con- tinue to increase. They believe that previous pro- cesses allowing for expansion of the campground did not allow for prior public input, and they want to assure that won’t happen again. They are asking for a good-faith moratorium on the opening of the campground this spring until there is a resolution to their petition. They are insisting on repre- sentation of their neighbor- hoods in any future processes and decisions regarding the campground. They have not only identified the problems as they see them; they have suggested solutions to a num- ber of their concerns. Mayor Chris Frye and PAB chairman Liam Hughes See CampgrouNd on page 18 Erin Borla is taking a chair on the Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD) Board of Directors. The SPRD board appointed her to fill an interim position on an open seat until June 30. Election for the seat will take place in May, and Borla said she plans to run. The lifelong Sisters resi- dent served as executive director of the Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce 2009- 2014. She has three children, ages 15, 5, and 3, and that led her to SPRD for the next phase of her community involvement. “I think SPRD is a fan- tastic organization, and I’m just excited to be able to give back to the community,” she said. “I think having kids in the programs opens a new perspective other than what’s been on the board recently.” photo by Jim Cornelius Erin Borla will bring her marketing expertise to Sprd as an interim board member. She plans to run for the position. In her role with the cham- ber, Borla worked hard to raise Sisters’ regional pro- file as a tourist destination and to enhance the cham- ber’s role in the community. She sees herself doing simi- lar work as a SPRD board member. “My skill set is certainly on the marketing side,” she said. She said that SPRD offers a wide variety of programs and serves a broad demo- graphic — which is not nec- essarily common knowledge in Sisters. “They provide this great service and I don’t know if people know everything they do,” she said. “And I’d like to help share that story.” Letters/Weather ................ 2 Business at Glance.............4 Movies & Entertainment ....13 Sisters Naturalist ............. 23 Classifieds .................. 25-27 Meetings ........................... 3 Announcements ................12 Obituaries .......................20 Crossword ....................... 24 Real Estate ................. 27-32