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Wednesday, March 16, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
City snapshot
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
photo provided
Jamie Vohs (right) was presented with the district 5 little league
volunteer of the year award by district administrator elizabeth Hisatake.
Sisters Little League
volunteer honored
Jamie Vohs, secretary of
Sisters Little League, was
named Volunteer of The Year
for District 5 Little League
last week.
Oregon District 5 Little
League consists of The
Dalles, Hood River, John
Day, Prineville, Warm
Springs, Madras, Redmond,
Bend, La Pine and Sisters.
“For our secretary to win
this award is a big deal, and
it is a very well-deserved
award,” said Little League
board chair Kyle Fischer.
“Without a doubt she has
been at the center of the
growth the past few years of
Sisters Little League.”
District 5 Administrator
Elizabeth Hisatake presented
the award at the regular Little
League meeting on March 7.
“I’m very humbled by
it,” said Vohs. “It’s very
rewarding to know that effort
is noticed. I’m very surprised,
because I’m just doing what I
would normally do.”
Sisters Little League will
field approximately 150 kids
this year. Team announce-
ment night is April 5 at the
Sisters Middle School gym,
and opening-day ceremonies
are set for April 16 at the
Sisters Community Church
ball fields.
Vohs emphasized that it
takes a lot of work from a
lot of people to make Little
League thrive in Sisters.
“We have a really good
group of board members who
are committed to improv-
ing the program,” she said.
“I think we’re really lucky.
There’s a lot of effort put into
organizing this for the kids
each year — and a great team
that really enjoys doing it.”
• Jeff Campbell, board
president of the Sisters Park
& Recreation District, gave
a short presentation to the
Sisters City Council on how
he incorporated the tenets of
the Speak Your Peace Project
into the functioning of the
SPRD board.
He wanted to provide for
impact and longevity so that
years from now, with new
board members, SPRD board
meetings will still be con-
ducted utilizing the civility
tenets. They have been incor-
porated into the board code of
conduct, operations and pro-
cedures, and new board mem-
ber orientation.
Campbell, who is also part
of the steering committee for
Citizens4Community, said
a PowerPoint presentation
has been put together to help
walk groups through adoption
of Sisters’ Speak Your Peace,
officially known as the Sisters
Country Civility Project.
There are also sample reso-
lutions on the C4C website,
www.citizensforcommunity.
com.
• Deschutes County
Sheriff Shane Nelson made
a brief appearance at the last
City Council meeting, to
assure Council that Sisters’
public safety is still excellent
and secure and that his offi-
cers are serving the City of
Sisters well. This came on the
heels of the resignation of two
sheriff’s captains.
• The tennis/basketball
March 18th
March 25th
April 1st
April 8th
April 15th
courts on the elementary
school grounds are already
being used for basketball now
that new hoops have been
installed. Lines will be painted
for tennis and pickleball.
When nets are installed, the
courts will be ready for play.
• Tree planting and instal-
lation of additional irriga-
tion will take place at the
Creekside Campground on
March 22-23. The former
entry on Locust Street has
been removed and the old exit
will be redesigned for both
entering and exiting.
• $20,000 in reserva-
tions were booked for the
coming season at Creekside
Campground on the first day
of online reservations. The
entire campground for all of
Sisters Folk Festival weekend
was booked in one hour with
Quilt Show reservations close
behind.
• City Council approved
an ordinance creating a City
Housing Policy Board, which
will function in an advisory
capacity on matters of afford-
able housing, workforce hous-
ing, housing trends, and other
housing related issues. The
board, to be appointed by the
Council, will consist of seven
members possessing expertise
in a variety of areas related to
housing, plus several private
citizens. Council hopes to
have the board appointed and
functioning by July 1.
• Council approved a staff
request to put out a Request
for Proposals (RFP) for an
update to the Transportation
System Plan (TSP). The focus
will be the east side of Sisters,
from the Locust/Highway 20
intersection out to the eastern
city limits, including the inter-
section of highways 20/126,
Jefferson Avenue, Buckaroo
Trail, and the truck scales on
Highway 20. The entire TSP
will be reviewed. Work could
start by mid-July.
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