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Wednesday, May 4, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
“Where are we goin’ mom?”...
Softball squad improving
By Tom Mauldin
Correspondent
photo by JERRy bAlDock
Spring is the season for new life in Sisters Country.
9-1-1: District
takes the place of
temporary levies
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running and allow the district
to bank funds for eventual
system replacement as the
technology evolves and
current infrastructure comes
to the end of its service
life.
“We’re consolidating two
taxes into one,” Reinke said.
“We do not plan to levy that
full amount for at least the
next two fiscal years.”
Reinke noted that many
people are unaware of
how 9-1-1 operates and
the strains that can be put
on the system. It’s not just
about fielding an emergency
call and dispatching the
appropriate response. He
said that 50 percent of the
work is communicating with
responders and managing
multiple calls on the same
incident.
When there is a house fire,
there will be multiple calls,
and “until they (the public)
see responders on the scene,
they keep calling.”
9-1-1 operators also must
communicate with responders
about potential hazards on the
scene of an incident.
“A big part of our role is
keeping responders safe with
all the information,” Reinke
said.
The 9-1-1 system also
captures data in order to
track response times and the
locations of incidents.
Reinke said that, if voters
approve it, the permanent
district will serve the needs
of the area for many years to
come.
“We are anticipating that
what we are asking for will
serve us into the 2030s and
beyond,” he said.
Happy Mother’s Day!
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Sisters High School’s
varsity softball team ran into
strong pitching at Elmira and
Sweet Home and dropped
three Sky-Em League games.
The Outlaws failed to
score a run and managed a
total of eight hits in three
losses to the state’s No. 5 and
No. 16 teams, losing twice,
17-0, to Sweet Home and
once, 16-0, to Elmira.
In the opening loss to
Sweet Home, the Outlaws
gave up 10 runs in the third.
In the second game, Sweet
Home scored three in the
first, five in the second and
four each in the third and
fourth as the game was also
called due to the 10-run
rule.
Amanda Smith singled
in the first game for the
Outlaws’ lone hit. She also
struck-out nine in four
photo by JERRy bAlDock
Kylie Stiener connects with the
ball for the Outlaws.
innings.
Smith struck-out 10 in
the second game, again in
four innings. Topping the
Outlaws at the plate were
Savana Ryan with a single
and Leah McIntosh with a
double.
Though they didn’t score
against 19-1 Elmira, the
Outlaws managed five hits
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and were aggressive at the
plate.
“We did great putting the
ball into play,” said first-year
coach Dave Smith. “We only
had two players strikeout.
I’m very impressed with
how far this young team has
come.”
Leading the Outlaws at
the plate were Smith with
a double and a single, and
McIntosh with a double.
Up next for the Outlaws
was a May 2 game versus
Elmira,
followed
by
Wednesday and Friday games
against Junction City.
Sisters will close out
the season at home with
a double-header against
Sutherlin on May 13.
Elmira, at 9-1, leads
Sweet Home by one game
(8-2) in the Sky-Em. Sitting
in third is Junction City (5-4,
10-9), followed by Sutherlin
(4-6, 6-11), the Outlaws (2-8,
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