Wednesday, March 29, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Edwin Lara
trial to
remain in
Deschutes
County
BEND (AP) — The trial
of a former community col-
lege safety officer accused of
killing a 23-year-old woman
will remain in Bend.
Deschutes County Judge
A. Michael Adler issued the
ruling Thursday in response
to a change-of-venue
request from the defense
team representing Edwin
Lara.
Adler said an impartial
jury can be found despite
extensive media cover-
age of the case in Central
Oregon.
The Bulletin newspaper
reports the judge also ruled
against a motion to allow
Lara to be unshackled during
court proceedings. He will be
allowed to have one hand free
so he can write notes to his
attorneys.
Lara is charged with
aggravated murder for alleg-
edly kidnapping, attempting
to sexually assault and then
killing Kaylee Sawyer on
July 24.
CORRECTION
In the story “Teens’ sci-
ence project earns schol-
arship,” The Nugget,
March 22, David Novotny
was referred to as “a pri-
vate school student.”
David attends Redmond
Proficiency Academy, which
is NOT a private school.
RPA is a free public charter
school grades 6-12, accept-
ing students from Central
Oregon.
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GREENHOUSE:
Commissioning
set for April 14
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have a ribbon-cutting after
Thanksgiving in 2016,
then… the snow hit. And it
kept on coming.
While many greenhouses
and outbuildings around
Sisters collapsed under the
weight of the snow over
the past winter, the new
greenhouse made it through
unscathed.
“We have a frame every
three feet,” said Hiller. “The
same roof strength of the
high school.”
The facility is state-of-
the-art, made of 8mm poly
acrylic material and designed
to avoid hot spots throughout
the space. The greenhouse is
complete with radiant floor
heating, drip irrigation, aero-
ponics, and hydroponics test
areas. The in-floor heating
system has water heated from
the bio-fuel plant that heats
the school.
The volunteer hours into
the completed structure num-
ber in the thousands.
“This was a full-time
job for a few volunteers,”
PHOTO BY ERIN BORLA
Sisters High School’s greenhouse is sturdy and state-of-the-art.
said Audrey Tehan, sustain-
able agriculture instruc-
tor at Sisters High School.
“The science club members
and the school really put an
incredible effort into getting
this facility up and running.
It took a lot of collaboration
and a lot of planning and
re-planning.”
Guests at the Sisters
Science Fair on March 18
got a sneak peak at the new
greenhouse.
The sustainable agri-
culture class has begun
using the facility — dubbed
“The Hiller” — this spring.
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Students have begun plant-
ing a variety of experimental
plants for the Central Oregon
climate.
“We are trying to grow
cold-hardy guava, citrus,
grapes, figs, and a lot of
plants,” said Tehan.
The hydroponic pots
are ready to be planted and
the aeroponic tower, where
plants are grown vertically
with no soil — just watered
from a mister with a nutrient
solution, is already up and
running.
Students recently started
a native plant nursery with
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iris, arrow leaf balsam root,
rye grass, globe mallow and
more.
“The space is filling up
quickly with ideas, enthusi-
asm and just astonishment
for the facility,” says Tehan.
“This was a project in the
making over the past four
years after the collapse of
the initial greenhouse,” she
said. “It is an amazing facil-
ity. One of the most high-
tech greenhouses in the state
located on school property.”
“The Hiller” will be com-
missioned on April 14. The
public is invited to attend.
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