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Wednesday, January 13, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
City snapshot
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
News clips of happenings
around town
• City of Sisters received
two awards in 2015: the Tree
City USA and Growth award
(covering 2014) as well as
the Big Chainring Award
acknowledging our bike-
friendly community.
• City Council will hold
their annual goal-setting ses-
sion at City Hall on January
21, 8 a.m. The public is wel-
come to attend. For more
information call Kathy
Nelson at 541-323-5213.
• Communications from
City Hall to Sisters residents
is to be enhanced with quar-
terly notices from Sisters
City Council to be included
in City utility bills. The
Community Development
Department will do a sepa-
rate quarterly newslet-
ter, including a comment
form, also sent with utility
bills.
• Pay showers are work-
ing in the new Village Green
restrooms and bike lockers
are available (bring your
own padlock).
• Citizens are welcome
to come to City Hall dur-
ing business hours to review
the draft of the updated City
Parks Master Plan before it
goes to Council for adop-
tion. There are currently 14
acres of developed park-
land and seven undevel-
oped in the city, with sev-
eral potential acquisitions
identified.
• Sisters Planning
Commission will hold a spe-
cial workshop on Thursday,
January 21, at City Hall to
continue discussion of future
Year-round
FIREWOOD
SALES
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Sisters Robotics Team will compete
Development Code revi-
sions. Time not yet deter-
mined – check the City
website at www.ci.sisters.
or.us, go to Committees
and click on Planning
Commission.
• At the January 28, 7
p.m. City Council meet-
ing, consideration will be
given to accepting proposed
modifications to select rear
setbacks and height restric-
tions along the northern
property line in the Clear
Pine subdivision. Planning
Commission approved, in
a 4-1 vote, a compromise
reached between devel-
oper Peter Hall and Trapper
Point property owner Duane
Lee and is recommending
approval by Council.
• City staff is proposing
providing electronic meet-
ing packets for City Council
and Planning Commission
members on either a thumb
drive or in Dropbox, in
an effort to cut expense
and save staff time and
resources.
• The City is conven-
ing a series of Dark Skies
meetings for parties inter-
ested in the Dark Skies
standards currently part of
the City Development Code
(2.15.2400), which can be
viewed on the City’s web-
site. The meetings are in
response to a Dark Skies
study conducted by Rima
Givot’s astronomy students
at Sisters High School and
presented to City Council.
The next meeting is sched-
uled for Tuesday, February
2, 1:30 to 3 p.m. in a confer-
ence room at City Hall. For
information contact Patrick
Davenport at 541-323-
5219.
This weekend, select high
schools throughout the coun-
try will host competitions dif-
ferent than their typical bas-
ketball games — one among
robots.
Sisters Robotics Team
8023 has shown strong again
after finishing second over-
all in Central Oregon FIRST
Technical Challenge (FTC).
The FIRST (For Inspiration
and Recognition of Science
and Technology) program and
competitions provide one of
the best platforms for young
people to get excited about
the challenges and rewards
of engineering. Teams build
a remote-controlled robot and
compete in two-team alliances
combining autonomous and
operator-controlled play.
During the season, teams
document their progress and
deployment of their robot,
then present their results to
judges. Teams can also earn
awards in design excellence,
motivation, community out-
reach and sportsmanship –
FIRST motto “Gracious pro-
fessionalism” echoes through
all season.
After the series of local
competitions, Sisters Outlaws
team is heading to Hood River
FTC League Championship
this Saturday, and they are
busy fine-tuning their robot
and team presentation.
The team consisting of
David Novotny, Spencer
Bordonaro, Tyler Wonderly,
Wyatt Adams, Corbin Johnson
and Aiden Cummings is
coached by Jirka Novotny.
“This year’s game RES-
Q, modeled after rescue situ-
ations faced by mountain
explorers, is a very complex
challenge, and our team’s
strength is in reliable delivery
Enjoy a breakfast sandwich with
your favorite Sisters Coff ee drink!
Florentine • Southwestern
Egg, Cheese & Sausage
Hot and ready y 6 to 11 a.m. daily!
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for the month of January when
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Sisters robotics students are ready for action.
of selected tasks,” said the
team captain, David Novotny.
For the second year
David Novotny and Spencer
Bordonaro also serve as men-
tors to younger Sisters team
FIRST Lego® League, which
successfully advanced from
regional competitions to state.
Both Sisters Robotics
teams FTC and FLL will dis-
play and demonstrate their
robots at Sisters Science Fair
in February.
“We want to thank all
sponsors and volunteers for
their generous support,”
Novotny said.
To learn more visit www.
sistersrobotics.com.