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Wrestlers compete at regionals page 4 Heartwarmers at work in Sisters page 3 The Nugget Vol. XXXIX No. 8 Matthew Riehle wins geography bee page 6 P OSTAL CUSTOMER News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon www.NuggetNews.com Wednesday, February 24, 2016 Fair sparks fascination with science By Jodi Schneider McNamee Correspondent The Sisters High School commons buzzed with excite- ment on Saturday for the fifth annual Sisters Science Fair. Students from all three Sisters schools showed off their educational experiments, displays, and demonstrations. Hundreds of folks expressed interest by watching or get- ting involved through hands- on challenges. The fair was sponsored by the Sisters Science Club and free to all. “The Science of Nature” was this year’s theme and was evident throughout the fair with student displays, ranging from the “Science of Photosynthesis” to “What’s In Our Forest” and “Pop Bottle Ecosystem” drawings done by students from Sisters Elementary School. The Sisters Science Fair is an educational opportunity to gather students, teachers, and ideas together in an environ- ment immersed in science, technology, engineering, math and history. Riding a bicycle is a life PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15 City works on forgivable- loan program By Sue Stafford Correspondent the Sisters Science Club, was ignited with energy as he In an effort to attract new business to Sisters and to retain businesses already established here, Sisters City Council has been working on the establish- ment of a forgivable-loan program. The City of Bend estab- lished such a program with the original intention of stabilizing companies and retaining businesses, and thus local jobs, during dif- ficult economic periods. As the economy has strength- ened, the focus has shifted to attracting new business to Bend. See SCIENCE FAIR on page 10 See LOANS on page 22 PHOTO BY JODI SCHNEIDER MCNAMEE Fairgoers at the Sisters Science Fair played with hands-on exhibits, including a gyroscopic umbrella. skill we learn as kids that sticks with us for a lifetime. Once you learn it you never forget it. But what if there was a special kind of bike that will make everything you learned useless? Cal Allen, co-founder of Sheriff’s captain fired after theft charge Chamber honors Sisters’ best BEND (AP) — A Deschutes County Sheriff’s captain faces federal charges that he stole more than $200,000 from the county, then turned over much of it to an ex-colleague with whom he had a romantic relationship. Scott Beard was arrested and fired Friday, two days after a grand jury returned a five-count indictment charg- ing him with theft, money laundering and passport fraud, The Bulletin newspa- per reported. He was jailed pending a Monday court appearance. Beard, 45, is accused of “It’s always better to get a plaque than a headstone,” said Bob Grooney at Friday night’s Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce Awards dinner. Longtime members of the Chamber have come to expect that kind of dry humor out of Grooney, who served 26 years as a member of the Chamber’s board of direc- tors. That service, along with his work on the school board; early economic devel- opment efforts; his work as the owner and operator with his wife, Claudia, of The Gallimaufry; and as a found- ing member of what is now Sisters Park & Recreation Inside... stealing the money between January 2014 and September 2015, when he was put on paid administrative leave. Investigators say he some- times submitted overstated or fake funding requests for a regional drug task force he oversaw. His attorney, Erick Ward, said in an email to The Associated Press on Saturday that he could not immediately comment on the case. Beard gave at least $100,000 to former sher- iff’s office employee Krista Mudrick, 35, the indictment See SHERIFF on page 29 By Jim Cornelius News Editor PHOTO BY JODI SCHNEIDER MCNAMEE Peter Storton presented Bob Grooney, right, with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce. District, earned Grooney the first-ever Chamber Lifetime Achievement Award. The award was presented by Peter Storton, who offered up a heartfelt tribute to a See AWARDS on page 16 Letters/Weather ................ 2 Bunkhouse Chronicle ......... 9 Movies & Entertainment ....13 Paw Prints ........................15 Classifieds .................. 25-27 Meetings ........................... 3 Announcements ................12 Obituaries .......................20 Crossword ....................... 23 Real Estate .................29-32