Wednesday, June 17, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Girls basketball names head coach
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
Casey Pallister has been
named as the new head coach
for the girls basketball pro-
gram, and is looking for-
ward to the challenge. Casey,
along with his wife, Meghan,
and their four boys, Jayden,
Hunter, Ian and Reed, have
lived in Sisters three years.
Casey jumped right into
coaching immediately, and
for the past three years has
coached the girls junior var-
sity, and also been the assis-
tant varsity coach.
That experience makes
him very familiar with the
program, and the transi-
tion should be smooth and
seamless.
Pallister started playing
basketball when he was five
years old, and played all the
way through high school.
Casey played as point guard
on the varsity team while
attending Jefferson High
School in Boulder, Montana.
Pallister and his wife both
grew up in Boulder. While
Casey was finishing up his
graduate work in Eugene,
they visited Sisters on numer-
ous occasions.
In 2010, Pallister got a
job teaching at Culver High
School. At the time, they
lived in Redmond, and Casey
would commute to Culver,
and Meghan would commute
to Sisters to teach preschool
for SPRD. Casey was the
boys JV coach and the assis-
tant varsity coach at Culver
for two years.
“We’ve always liked
Sisters,” said Pallister. “It’s a
quaint little town, and when
I was teaching in Culver, we
dreamed about moving to
Sisters.”
Together, they made their
dream happen, and moved
their family to Sisters in 2013.
Casey has taught social stud-
ies at Sisters Middle School
for the past two years, and
next year will move to the
high school to teach.
Pallister is excited to step
into his new role as head
coach, and has big plans for
the program.
“I want people to know the
program is going to be new,
and it’s going to take a differ-
ent course,” said Pallister.
Casey told The Nugget
that there will be a strong
focus on fundamental skills, a
focus on man-to-man defense,
and a focus to put together
an offense that can be used
program-wide, from youth
through high school.
Pallister also noted that
he will work to maximize
the strengths that the team
already has, which is strength
and technique in the post
position. He plans to place
players in positions that will
be most effective, and work
on playing a tempo that suits
the Lady Outlaws, which he
said will ideally be a slower
and more controlled pace.
Pallister shared his goals
and vision for the team and
the program.
“I want us to be competi-
tive in league, and basically
have the seniors walk away
feeling like they’ve had a
successful season, regard-
less of the record. I see this
first group of girls as the
vanguards of the program.
They’ve got a big responsibil-
ity of setting the tone of the
program for the many players
coming up.
“I want to work to make
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girls basketball a popular
sport in this town, and that
comes with connections
with the community, parents,
teachers, and players. I want
to have three teams (fresh-
man, JV, and varsity) every
year.”
i want to work to
make girls basketball
a popular sport in this
town, and that comes
with connections with
the community, parents,
teachers, and players.
— Casey Pallister
Pallister is excited about
coaching, but told The Nugget
that he knows there’s a lot to
learn as a head coach.
“It’s kind of like teaching,”
he said. “You can take a lot of
classes, and learn by watching
others, but I’ve found that the
experience of doing it helps
me learn most effectively.”
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Obituary
William “Bill” Aldrich Battey iii
June 8, 1945 — June 8, 2015
Casey Pallister is the new head
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William “Bill” Aldrich
Battey III, 70, of Sisters,
Oregon died at home on
Monday, June 8, 2015.
He was born in Bryn
Mawr, Pennsylvania on
June 8, 1945 to the late Mia
and William Battey. Bill
graduated from Swarthmore
High School in 1963 and
earn ed h i s b ach el o r ’s
degree in Psychology from
Westminster College in
1968. He married Diane
Elizabeth Moss shortly
thereafter on June 22, 1968.
Bill volunteered to serve
his country and was com-
missioned as an officer in
the United States Marine
Corps in 1968. Bill was
awarded a Purple Heart and
a Distinguished Flying Cross
for his heroism while flying
combat CH-53 helicopter
missions in Vietnam.
After 10 years of military
service, Bill transitioned his
aviation career flying for
Keystone Helicopters, MBB
(Messerschmitt Bolkow
Blohm), Atlantic Aviation
and finally to Boeing, serv-
ing as manager of V22
business development in
Philadelphia until his retire-
ment. Bill spent his retired
life pursuing his love of
RV family travel, retired
greyhounds, and riding his
Harley Davidson.
Bill is survived by his
wife, Diane Battey, of
Sisters; their three children
Robert Battey (Bend, OR),
Jonathan Battey (Maple
Valley, WA), and Lieutenant
Commander Lydia Battey
Haase (Active Duty Navy).
He is also survived by seven
grandchildren.
Bill will be buried
at Arlington Cemetery.
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to the Semper Fi Fund (www.
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of flowers would be appre-
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mailed to: Semper Fi Fund,
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PMB 609, Oceanside, CA
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