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Mule team wanderer stops in Sisters page 7 Students wowed by renowned violinist page 9 The Nugget Vol. XXXIX No. 12 Sisters artist known for bright colors page 20 P OSTAL CUSTOMER News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon www.NuggetNews.com Wednesday, March 23, 2016 Governor sees unique partnerships School district seeks $10.7 million bond By Jim Cornelius News Editor Educators across the country are seeking to oper- ate off a curriculum plat- form known by the acro- nym STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics. The con- cept is that integrating these elements helps prepare stu- dents for jobs in the 21st-cen- tury economy. Governor Kate Brown saw STEAM-powered educa- tion in action at Sisters High School last Friday — deliv- ered by a unique set of com- munity partnerships. Governor Brown visited the luthier (guitar-building) program housed in the Sisters High School woodshop. The program is a partnership between the school district, Sisters Folk Festival, and Breedlove Guitars. The luthier program is about much more than sim- ply learning to build a gui- tar. Students learn computer assisted design (CAD) and hands-on design and build- ing techniques that are By Jim Cornelius News Editor News Editor It will be at least another week before the City of Sisters is able to determine a course of action in handling workplace issues raised by some employees regard- ing City Manager Andrew Gorayeb. Mayor Chris Frye told The Nugget he expects to receive the report this week from an independent inves- tigation into the employee complaints. The council will likely review the report in executive session some time next week. The review Inside... rate,” said Governor Brown. “And it’s all about hands-on The Sisters School District is asking local voters to approve $10.7 million in bond funding in the May 17 election. “What we’re trying to do is protect the investment in the school district, in the community, that we already have by doing needed main- tenance,” school board chair Don Hedrick told The Nugget. The bond will fund safety and security upgrades; athletic facilities repairs and improve- ments; heating and air condi- tioning plant; site improve- ments, including high school roof repair; and pay off the district’s full faith and credit obligations. See GoVeRNoR on page 30 See sChool BoNd on page 30 photo by Jay Mather Governor Kate Brown talks with Rory Petterson about his handmade guitar during a visit on Friday. transferable to other kinds of work. And the class draws interest from students who are on a college-bound academic At least a week before action on manager By Jim Cornelius PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15 timeline is complicated by the fact that Councilor Nancy Connolly is currently out of the country, and her participa- tion in the process will have to be via a scheduled confer- ence call. Frye could not say for certain when an executive session could be scheduled, because it will be depen- dent on coordinating with Connolly. It appears unlikely that action will be taken immediately upon review of the report. “It’ll depend on what’s in the report,” said Frye. “Then See MANAGeR on page 21 track and those who want to go into the trades. “The goal for me is to improve Oregon’s graduation On the border with Warfighters By Craig Rullman Correspondent Brett Miller of Sisters, founder of the highly suc- cessful nonprofit Warfighter Outfitters, recently led a group of wounded veter- ans on a four-day “engage- ment mission” to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. The veterans, who assem- bled in Ajo, Arizona — from Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Oregon, and California — were partnered with agents from the U.S. Border Patrol, the National Park Service, and full-time Park Service vol- unteers, to dismantle smug- gling sites, to improve and rehabilitate landmark sites, and to learn first-hand the photo by Craig rullMan Brett Miller (kneeling, left) led a Warfighter outfitters engagement mission of veterans to the Mexican border. hard realities of daily life on Iraq. He spent the next three the remote southern border. years as an in-patient, two Miller founded Warfighter more years as an outpatient, Outfitters after being seri- has endured seven surgeries, ously wounded by an IED attack during a 2005 tour in See VeTeRANs on page 22 Letters/Weather ................ 2 Sisters Salutes .................11 Movies & Entertainment ....13 Obituaries ........................21 Classifieds .................. 27-29 Meetings ........................... 3 Announcements ................12 Real Estate Showcase ..15-18 Crossword ....................... 26 Real Estate .................30-32
