Wednesday, August 3, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Sounding taps...
City awards community grants
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
Sisters City Council
has awarded their annual
Community Service Grants
to local nonprofits and
organizations.
For budget year 2016-
17, Council had earmarked
$20,000 to be used for
the grant program. At last
week’s Council meeting, they
awarded $16,700 to 14 orga-
nizations, holding $3,300 in
reserve for additional awards
throughout the remaining fis-
cal year.
Projects or programs must
meet one or more of the fol-
lowing criteria: provides
assistance for essential utili-
ties, food, clothing, or shel-
ter; provides educational or
recreational opportunities for
children or seniors; and/or
generates/supports economic
activity in Sisters.
This year’s awards went to
the following organizations:
Circle of Friends, $1,500;
Citizens4Community, $500;
Family Action Network,
$3,000; Habitat for Humanity,
$1,000; Heart of Oregon
Corps, $2,000; Heartwarmers,
$500; Rotary Club of
Sisters, $800; Seed-to-Table
Program, $1,000; Sisters
Community Garden, $500;
Sisters Folk Festival, $750;
Sisters Trails Alliance, $750;
SMART, $500; SPRD Youth
Scholarships, $2,500; SPRD
Seniors Scholarships, $900;
and VFW Post 8138, $500.
There were three appli-
cants that did not receive
grants and they will be pro-
vided information as to why
they didn’t. They will be eli-
gible to reapply with addi-
tional specific details as to
how the monies would be
used.
All requests totaled
$37,000.
photo provided
Final taps was sounded in memory of donald M. oliver, u.S. Army
veteran, at his residence in Crossroads at 2035 on Saturday, July 30,
by Sisters VFW post 8138. ten united States flags were posted for 24
hours, the evening of July 29 through sunset on July 30. Sounding
taps is Bill Anttila, Commander, and rendering a hand salute is
Wendell halterman, trustee. More than 20 friends and family were
also in attendance.
Agenda
FIRE: Quick-moving
blaze threatened
homes in area
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size. It was human caused and
is under investigation.
“We’ve had five human-
caused starts (across the
region) in a 24-hour period,”
Forest Service public infor-
mation officer Kassidy Kern
told The Nugget on Tuesday.
She urged the public to be
extremely careful about any
photo by jerry baldock
Quick action stopped a potential disaster.
source of fire — campfires,
cigarettes, catalytic convert-
ers, chainsaws.
“The fuels are very recep-
tive right now, so just be as
vigilant as possible,” she said.
Sisters
Planning
Commission
City Hall, 520 E. Cascade
Ave., Thurs., Aug. 18, 4 p.m.
Public hearings:
A. Development Code
text amendments: Revisions
to Chapter 4.6 Cluster
Developments and Chapter
4.2 Site Plan Reviews.
Applicant: City of Sisters
B. File #MOD 16-02:
ClearPine subdivision request
to revise phasing and enable
the construction of nine
cottage-style dwellings in
proposed Phase 2.
C. File #s MOD 16-03
and SUB 16-01 Modification
to approved master plan
(MP 05-01) Village of Cold
Spring Phases 4, 5, 6 and 7
and tentative subdivision plat.
The request is to modify the
approved master plan (MP
05-01) and approved a new
tentative subdivision plat to
enable the construction of 70
single family detached, 27
single family attached (town-
houses) and 52 units of mul-
tifamily apartment dwellings.
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