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Wednesday, April 13, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
LETTERS
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the Anvil Blasters will play to benefit Circle of Friends.
The Anvil Blasters play
for Circle of Friends
The Anvil Blasters will
play at Hood Avenue Art on
Thursday, April 21, in the
second of the gallery’s Salon
Series of fundraising events
for Circle of Friends.
The music runs from 6:30
to 8:30 p.m. in the intimate
gallery setting. A $10 sug-
gested donation will benefit
Circle of Friends, Sisters’
local youth mentoring
program.
Circle of Friends uplifts
young folks in need of a hand
by providing mentors with
a long-term commitment to
provide positive experiences
for youth in the Sisters com-
munity. Mentors meet with
their child on a weekly basis,
spending quality time and
creating a bond to support the
child moving toward success.
“This is a wonderful pro-
gram that has a huge impact
locally, and we’re proud to
pitch in to help out,” says
Jim Cornelius of The Anvil
Blasters. “And we’re look-
ing forward to playing in this
beautiful gallery, surrounded
by the work of local artists.
This is the kind of event that
really speaks to Sisters’ char-
acter, and it’s going to be a lot
of fun.”
The songs of The Anvil
Blasters are peopled with
border renegades and desert
dreamers, poets and pirates
and ghosts of the old, weird
America. It’s a rollicking
recipe of gunpowder, twang
and tequila that has earned
The Anvil Blasters a loyal
following across Central
Oregon.
Hood Avenue Art gallery
is located at 357 W. Hood
Ave. in Sisters. Refreshments
will be available.
Over the past several years we have noticed
many of the facilities beginning to show signs of
wear-and-tear, and frankly some things cannot
be overlooked any longer. Last fall, I attended
the boys soccer playoff game and I have to say I
was quite disappointed and a little embarrassed
that our soccer field was little more than grass
fields with some make-shift “bleachers” on the
hill for spectating.
This year our daughter began high school
track, and because our track has been “con-
demned” we are not allowed to have any home
track meets. This is a loss to our athletes as it
requires them to travel away to every single
track meet, and a loss in revenue for our com-
munity when we can no longer host meets
including the Rotary Invitational which brought
in teams from all over, staying in our hotels and
eating in our restaurants. With the passage of
this bond there will be upgrades to our current
track and football facility, which will allow it to
accommodate soccer, lacrosse and most impor-
tantly improve accessibility.
Along with a long list of deferred mainte-
nance projects there are two other important
things that the bond will fund. First and fore-
most are improvements in safety and security.
Unfortunately, in the world we live in today we
need to have the ability to safely, quickly and
effectively lock down our schools. Finally, refi-
nancing existing debt to allow additional funds to
go back into the school’s base operating budget.
Please consider voting yes on Measure
9-108. Visit www.ourschoolsourcommunity.org
to find complete details on what the bond will
fund and how these improvements will make
our schools a safer and more inviting place!
Angela & Olin Sitz
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To the Editor:
I’m voting in favor of the proposed Bond
Measure 9-108 and I urge everyone who values
this community to do so.
Our family moved to Sisters nine years ago
specifically because of the quality of the pub-
lic schools, and because of the connectedness
of the community that supports it. In the wake
of the past recession we have experienced even
more the determination of this community to
support our schools because without the ability
to offer a quality education in Sisters, this com-
munity could not prosper.
Many people move here directly for the
schools or because their children and/or grand-
children are here and with each move, new fam-
ilies means new businesses are developed, exist-
ing businesses are more prosperous and the local
economy is strengthened — serving all of us.
Sisters schools are the heart of our com-
munity, directly or indirectly they unite all of
us — those with children and those without —
it’s the nuclear foundation that generates new
development, new vision, and a new economic
future. Our schools provide incredible learning
opportunities thru the diversity of their unique
programs, but these programs cost money, and
they are based on enrollment.
This District is served by dedicated staff,
which is asked to make compromises and
adjustments to best provide for its’ students’
needs and to keep enrollment viable and grow-
ing. However, without much-needed improve-
ments we cannot be competitive with other dis-
tricts when it comes to the overwhelming core
issues of safety — personal safety, building
safety, safety in athletic use and safe accessibil-
ity for those that need it.
Why would we ever put at risk what we trea-
sure the most?
We live in one of the most ideal communi-
ties, but we must — as a community — support
that which makes us strong, our schools.
Please help support our schools to make them
a safe and productive place to teach and learn
in by voting in favor of Bond Measure 9-108.
Wendy von Kalinowski
Parent, school volunteer, Sisters business
owner
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