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Wednesday, June 1, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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HOOK: Launched
backpack food
program at school
By Jacqueline E. Mathews, Tribune News Service
Continued from page 3
been a real pleasure,” says
her supervisor and Director
of Operations Leland Bliss.
“I certainly appreciate every-
thing she has given to the
District and the community.
She is an awesome employee
and a genuinely good
person.”
Her smiling face will be
missed around the halls of
the elementary school — not
just because of the job she did
as custodian — but because
she truly cares about the
kids.
Two years ago, Hook
started the “Backpack Food”
program in Sisters after wit-
nessing a middle school boy
crying at lunch on a Friday
because he was being rushed
to eat his lunch. She over-
heard him saying “but this
is the only food I’ll have all
weekend.”
“I knew something had
to be done,” she said. “My
daughter works at Tom
McCall Elementary in
Redmond and she knew about
the backpack program at her
school.”
Hook talked to the princi-
pals and counselors and deter-
mined the need at both the
middle and elementary school
for students who may not have
access to food at home on the
weekends. And every week
since then Hook has spent
her own money, about $100 a
month, to purchase food and
place in backpacks for kids.
METH: One subject was
wanted on warrant
from Texas
Continued from page 1
street value of $15,000 to
$20,000. The methamphet-
amine was destined to be
delivered to smaller user-
quantity dealers throughout
Deschutes County. They were
also in possession of digital
scales and packaging materi-
als, which are used to weigh
drugs and break down into
smaller quantities for sale.
Suehs was arrested and
lodged at the Deschutes
County Adult Jail on the fol-
lowing charges: Unlawful
photo by erin borla
Sue Hook.
“Sometimes we for-
get,” she says, “there is a lot
of wealth, and sometimes
we forget there are people
struggling.”
With Hook’s retirement,
the program will continue.
The local Family Access
Network and Sisters Kiwanis
Food Bank will work col-
laboratively with the schools
to determine the need each
week. They will store food
at the Food Bank office
on Main Avenue and pre-
pare backpacks for students
on a weekly basis every
Thursday. Backpacks will be
sent home with students on
Fridays.
Hook now lives in
Redmond with her daugh-
ter and is looking forward to
spending more time with her
grandchildren.
“I was lucky to work
with great people,” she
said. “People like Lorry
Williams, Jim Wysong and
Angie Gardinier — I was
blessed to have them as a
part of my experience here in
Sisters.”
Manufacture of Metham-
phetamine; Unlawful Deliv-
ery of Methamphetamine;
and Unlawful Possession of
Methamphetamine.
Binkley was arrested
and lodged at the Deschutes
County Adult Jail on the fol-
lowing charges: Unlawful
Manufacture of Metham-
phetamine; Unlawful Deliv-
ery of Methamphetamine;
and Unlawful Possession of
Methamphetamine.
Binkley was wanted out
of Texas on a warrant for the
Possession of a Controlled
Substance. Binkley will
remain in custody, await-
ing extradition proceedings
regarding the warrant out of
Texas.
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