Wednesday, March 11, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Food cart conflict leads
to code change
By Jim Cornelius
News Editor
As part of an effort to deal
with the fallout of a contro-
versial planning staff decision
allowing food carts at a down-
town Sisters business, the
Sisters Planning Commission
on Thursday night approved
changes in development
code language requiring that
the planning commission be
directly informed of all “Type
II” administrative decisions.
As with every aspect of the
recent food cart decision, the
hearing on the code change
carried its share of contention.
The language change
explicitly requires that staff
email all final Type II deci-
sions to the planning com-
mission on the same day the
See food CARtS on page 22
photo by JiM cornelius
Ben Bruegeman was honored as firefighter of the Year. Chief Roger Johnson looks on.
Golden takes
Albany position
Sisters schools superin-
tendent Jim Golden has taken
the superintendent’s position
at the Greater Albany School
District, effective July 1. The
decision of the Albany school
board was announced Monday.
“We had an excellent field
of 24 candidates and a dif-
ficult decision between our
two finalists. However, Jim
Golden emerged as the right
choice to be our next Superin-
tendent,” Albany board chair
Jerry Boehme said. “He has
the qualities, experience and
leadership skills identified by
our community, staff and stu-
dents to follow the good work
of Maria Delapoer and lead
Greater Albany Public Schools
into the future.”
Sisters School Board chair
Don Hedrick told The Nugget
that the next step for the dis-
trict will be to call a special
meeting to determine how to
Fire department honors its own
proceed with a search for a
new superintendent. The dis-
trict could hire a search firm to
conduct the search or handle
the search themselves. The
goal would be to have a new
superintended in place this
summer, well before the actual
start of school.
In a prepared statement,
Golden said, “It has been a
privilege for me to serve the
Sisters Schools for the past
five years as the superinten-
dent… We truly have one of
the best school districts in the
State of Oregon. Sisters has
done a great job of support-
ing our schools through the
Local Option and through the
countless other ways including
volunteerism, fundraising, and
other donations. I am proud
of the work we have done
together and I will always con-
sider Sisters to be one of my
homes.”
By Jim Cornelius
News Editor
The patient was on the
floor, discovered there by
his daughter. It looked bad.
He wasn’t breathing and the
daughter could not move him
to begin CPR instructed over
the phone by a 911 operator.
Paramedics from the
Sisters-Camp Sherman fire
district arrived on the scene
just three minutes after dis-
patch and immediately set to
work to save the man’s life.
The situation could not have
been more dire: the man was
unconscious, wasn’t breath-
ing and he had no pulse. But
the paramedic team did not
give up. They performed
CPR, administered drugs and
persisted despite 22 minutes
with no change in condition.
Then, after that fraught 22
minutes of work, they saw
a change; they got a pulse
and could detect his blood
pressure.
Bad weather meant that
they had to load the patient
into an ambulance and
drive to a rendezvous with
AirLink. The man’s condition
deteriorated, but the AirLink
crew got him to the hospi-
tal alive. And, Fire Chief
Roger Johnson reported, “the
patient ended up leaving the
hospital a few days later.” To
the Chief’s knowledge, he’s
still alive in Sisters.
The arduous effort
of the Sisters paramedic
crew — Captain Thornton
Brown; fire medics Ben
Bruegeman and Damon
Frutos; and volunteers Bill
Hayes, Graham MacDonald,
Connor Briggs, Hayden
Jones and Steve Huffman
— to save that man’s life
earned them the Lifesaving
Award at the annual Sisters-
Camp Sherman Rural Fire
Protection District awards
banquet held on Saturday
at FivePine Lodge &
Conference Center.
That kind of quick,
skilled, and compassion-
ate response is the hallmark
of the fire district, and the
lodestar by which they orient
the ethic and culture of the
department. Keynote speaker
Jeff Johnson, the Chief ’s
brother and himself a lifelong
member of the fire services,
summed up the importance
of inculcating a culture that
demands that expectations
be exceeded and accepts no
standard short of excellence:
“How dare we be anything
but the best when the peo-
ple we serve don’t have a
choice.”
See fIRe AWARdS on page 25
SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR
Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild
4th Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For
location information: 541-549-2072.
ALANON Monday, noon, Shepherd
of the Hills Lutheran Church •
Central Oregon Spinners and
Wednesday, 6 p.m., The Episcopal
Weavers Guild 4th Saturday, 1 to
Church of the Transfi guration.
3 p.m. Sisters Library. 541-639-3217.
541-549-8737 or 541-549-1527.
Central Oregon Woodworkers
Alcoholics Anonymous Thursday &
Guild 1st Monday. 541-610-9022.
Sunday, 7 p.m., The Episcopal Church
East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th
of the Transfi guration • Saturday,
Wednesday, September-June, Stitchin’
8 a.m., The Episcopal Church of the
Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.
Transfi guration • Monday, 5 p.m.,
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church
Friends of the Sisters Library
• Tuesday, noon, Big Book study,
Board of Directors 2nd Tuesday,
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church • 9 to 11 a.m., Sisters Library. Public is
Thursday, noon, Sober Sisters Women welcome. 541-977-8285.
Meeting, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers)
Church. 541-548-0440.
1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City
Authors Support Group 2nd Friday,
Hall. Just bring scissors! 503-880-5832.
10 a.m., Sisters Area Chamber of
Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursdays,
Commerce. 541-588-0081.
1 to 4 p.m. 541-549-6933.
Black Butte Macintosh Users Group
3rd Thursday, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Sisters Military Parents of Sisters 2nd
Library community room. 541-549-1471. Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Ray’s Food Place
community room. 541-647-7483.
Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club
Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters
Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., Black Butte
Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.,
Ranch community room. All welcome;
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-408-5594.
partner required. 541-595-6236.
SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings
Central Oregon Council on Aging
Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters & Enrichment) Wednesdays, 1 to
4 p.m. at SPRD. 541-549-2091.
Community Church. 541-678-5483.
BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS
Sisters Area Photography Club
2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library
community room. 541-549-6157.
Sisters Area SketchUp Users Group
2nd Wednesday, 7 p.m., Earthwood
Timber Frame Homes. 541-549-0924.
Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd
Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.
Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays,
12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse.
Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419.
Sisters Cribbage Club Tuesdays,
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Ray’s Food Place
community room. All are welcome.
541-923-1632.
Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board
of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Location information: 541-549-1193.
Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 a.m.,
Brand 33 Restaurant at Aspen Lakes.
541-410-2870.
Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.
Location information: 541-389-9554.
Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon,
Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-977-6545.
Sisters Trails Alliance Board
Meeting 2nd Thursday, 8 to 9:30 a.m.,
The Pines Clubhouse. 541-719-8822.
Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon,
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123.
Three Sisters Irrigation District
Board of Directors 1st Tuesday,
4 p.m., TSID Offi ce. 541-549-8815.
Three Sisters Lions Club 2nd
Tuesday, noon, Ray’s Food Place
community room. 541-595-6967.
VFW 8138 & American Legion
1st Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters
City Hall. Service offi cer available.
541-903-1123 or 541-549-1132.
CITY & PARKS
Sisters City Council 2nd &
4th Thursday, 7 p.m., Sisters City Hall.
541-549-6022.
Sisters Park & Recreation District
Board of Directors 1st Tuesday,
5:30 p.m., SPRD building. The public is
welcome. 541-549-2091.
Sisters Planning Commission
3rd Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Sisters
City Hall. 541-549-6022.
FIRE & POLICE
Black Butte Ranch Police Dept.
Board of Directors Meets monthly.
541-595-2191 for time & date.
Black Butte Ranch RFPD Board of
Directors 4th Thursday, 9 a.m., Black
Butte Ranch Fire Station. 541-595-2288.
Cloverdale RFPD Board of Directors
3rd Wednesday, 7 p.m., Main Station,
George Cyrus Rd. 541-548-4815. See
the agenda at www.cloverdalefi re.com.
Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD
Board of Directors 3rd Tuesday,
5 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall, 301 S. Elm St.
541-549-0771.
Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD Drills
Mondays, 7 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall,
301 S. Elm St. 541-549-0771.
SCHOOLS
Black Butte School Board of
Directors 2nd Tuesday, 5 p.m.,
Black Butte School. 541-595-6203.
Sisters Christian Academy Board
of Directors 2nd Thursday, 8 a.m.,
RE/MAX Revolution offi ce at Outlaw
Station. 541-549-4133.
Sisters School District Board of
Directors One Wednesday per month,
SSD Admin Bldg. See schedule at www.
sisters.k12.or.us. 541-549-8521 x4011.
This calendar is for reg
scheduled meetings; ularly
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