Wednesday, January 18, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Ore. lawmakers attend inauguration
By Andrew Selsky
Associated Press
SALEM (AP) — Neither
snow, nor rain nor the gloom
of a big budget shortfall kept
lawmakers from travelling
to the Oregon State Capitol
to take their oath of office
Monday, January 9, and attend
the inauguration of Gov. Kate
Brown.
“I was a little worried yes-
terday that we might have
an empty chamber today,”
Brown remarked as she began
her inaugural address.
A winter storm closed many
schools and left the streets
of Salem covered in slush.
But the House of
Representatives was full for
the special joint session. The
Legislature returns on Feb. 1
for a five-month session.
In her inaugural address,
Brown said the biggest obsta-
cle to creating a better future
for Oregon is a $1.7 billion
budget deficit. Her proposal
to deal with the shortfall
raises some taxes and cuts
some spending, while aiming
to maintain funding for edu-
cation, health care and other
critical needs.
Brown asked lawmakers to
discard partisanship in favor
of partnership in dealing with
the issue.
House Republican Leader
Mike McLane of Powell
Butte, said in a statement that
“shortsighted fiscal planning
has left our state in a poor
financial position.” He said
many residents are still strug-
gling because of Oregon’s
uneven economic recovery.
Brown described a “dis-
turbing gap” between the
unemployment rate in urban
and rural Oregon.
To build the economies
of rural communities, she
said the state should improve
bridges along the coast and
U.S. Highway 97 down the
middle of Oregon to make
them earthquake-resistant. She
said truck drivers are starting
to use the highway, which
offers only two lanes in many
stretches, to avoid traffic jams
in Portland.
At a news conference after-
ward, Brown was asked what
type of improvements she
envisioned for U.S. 97. She
gave no details, saying only
that it is the alternative route
for Interstate 5 in the event of
a major earthquake.
State Sen. Peter Courtney,
who was chosen unanimously
earlier Monday to be president
of the chamber for an unprec-
edented eighth time, marveled
that all 30 senators made it to
the Capitol, despite weather
that prevented the Portland
State Chamber Choir from
performing there.
In the House, Tina Kotek,
a Democrat from Portland,
was re-elected speaker. Kotek
received 35 votes and McLane
got 25, mirroring the number
of seats held by each party.
Among the 14 new House
members is Teresa Alonso
Leon, a Democrat from
Woodburn. She came to the
U.S. from the Mexican state
of Michoacan with her family
without travel documentation
when she was 5. In the 1980s,
the family applied for perma-
nent residence and in 2012,
Alonso Leon became a U.S.
citizen.
Brown said America has
just experienced “the most bit-
ter and divisive national elec-
tion in memory.”
She cited Minoru Yasui
as an inspiration. During
World War II, the Hood River
native challenged the con-
stitutionality of a nighttime
curfew imposed on citizens
of Japanese ancestry. He was
sent to a relocation center then
practiced law and fought for
civil rights after the war.
Brown’s legislative
agenda calls for improving
high school graduation rates,
improving the state transpor-
tation system and extending
access to health care to all
children.
She also wants to close
loopholes in gun purchases
by having no deadline for the
Oregon State Police to deter-
mine if a person is eligible,
expand the prohibited list to
include those convicted of
misdemeanor stalking, and
update the definition of a
domestic violence offender.
Starts Friday
Fri., Jan. 20 – Thurs., Jan. 26
Jackie (R)
Fri 5:00, 7:15
Sat-Sun 2:45, 5:00, 7:15
Mon-Thurs 5:00, 7:15
La La Land (PG-13)
We are supporting the
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Fri 4:45, 7:30
Sat-Sun 2:00, 4:45, 7:30
Mon-Tues 4:45, 7:30
Wed-Thurs 4:45
We will donate
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and 10% of your
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Hidden Figures (PG)
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Fri 4:15, 7:00
Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:15, 7:00
Mon-Tues 4:15, 7:00
Wed-Thurs 4:15, 7:30
$5.95
Gold (R)
Dinner Special
$9.95
Every Tuesday
Fajita plate
$9.50
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Fri 4:00, 6:45
Sat-Sun 1:30, 4:00, 6:45
Mon-Thurs 4:00, 6:45
Patriots Day (R)
Thurs 7:30
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Feb 11-12 /
Sat 2 & 7 PM , Sun 4 PM
Spring
Awakening
This Broadway musical is
a raw, honest portrayal
of youth in revolt
Feb 17 / Fri / 8-11 PM
Sassparilla!
They are pungent, not
subtle. Dirty bluegrass
band from Portland.
Mar 1 / Wed /
7-10:30 PM
Tommy Castro
and the
Painkillers
Playing music guaranteed
to fi re up fans and leave
critics searching for new
words of praise.
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Feed ’em in winter...
PHOTO BY DOUGLAS BEALL
This snow finch, along with other bird species, depends on food
from Sisters residents in a harsh winter.
ENTERTAINMENT•EVENTS
Wed.~Jan. 18
Sisters Saloon Texas Hold
’Em Tournament! 7 p.m.
Every Wednesday! For
additional information call
541-549-7427 or go online to
sisterssaloon.net.
Cork Cellars Live Music
with Jim Cornelius & Mike
Biggers 7 to 9 p.m. No
cover! For more information
call 541-549-2675 or go to
corkcellars.com.
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’Em Tournament! 7 p.m.
Every Wednesday! For
additional information call
541-549-7427 or go online to
sisterssaloon.net.
Friday~Jan. 27
Sisters Library Annual Art
Exhibit Reception & Silent
Auction 6 to 7:30 p.m. All
are invited to meet the artists!
Enjoy the art, refreshments,
a silent auction, and hear
the winner of the People’s
Saturday~Jan. 21 Choice award announced.
For additional information go
Cork Cellars Live Music
online to sistersfol.com.
with Mark Conklin 7 to
Downtown Sisters 4th
9 p.m. No cover! For more
information call 541-549-2675 Friday Art Stroll 4 to 7 p.m.
Many galleries and shops in
or go to corkcellars.com.
Sisters have extended hours
Sisters Saloon Live Music
and feature live entertainment
with Honey Don’t 8 to
and refreshments! For more
11 p.m. Americana, no cover! information go online to
For additional information call sistersartsassociation.org.
541-549-7427 or go online to
sisterssaloon.net.
Saturday~Jan. 28
Monday~Jan. 23
Sisters Saloon Live Music
with the Bobby Lindstrom
Sisters High School BINGO Band 8 p.m. Blues and rock,
& Community Dinner 5
no cover! For additional
to 6:30 p.m. for dinner, just
information call 541-549-7427
$2 per plate! 6:30 p.m. for
or go to sisterssaloon.net.
BINGO, $15 for 11 games
with great prizes! Sponsored Cork Cellars Live Music
with Cup of Joe (Joe
by Outlaws Together and
Leonardi) 7 to 9 p.m.
SPRD. Fundraiser for SHS
No
cover! For additional
athletics. For more info call
information call 541-549-2675
Tim Roth at 541-549-4050.
or go to corkcellars.com.
Wed.~Jan. 25
Sisters High School Sisters
Folk Festival Winter
Concert: Martin Sexton
7 p.m. Soulful singing and
brilliant guitar playing! For
more information or tickets
call 541-549-4979 or go to
sistersfolkfestival.org.
Sisters Fire Hall “Soup &
Civility” Event 5:30 p.m.
Enjoy a free light meal, then
from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
OSU Communications
Professor Gregg Walker
will speak on “constructive
confrontation.” For more info:
citizens4community.com.
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teresa@nuggetnews.com
Wed.~Feb. 1
Sisters Saloon Texas Hold
’Em Tournament! 7 p.m.
Every Wednesday! For
additional information call
541-549-7427 or go online to
sisterssaloon.net.
Saturday~Feb. 4
Cork Cellars Live Music
with Mike Biggers 7 to
9 p.m. No cover! For more
information call 541-549-2675
or go to corkcellars.com.
Sisters Saloon Live Music
with the Tommy Hogan
Band 8 to 11 p.m. Blue,
R&B and rock, no cover! For
additional information call
541-549-7427 or go online to
sisterssaloon.net.