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Wednesday, May 31, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
City snapshot
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
• The Highway 20/Barclay
roundabout opened last
Friday. Watch for publication
of Rules of the Roundabout
to be distributed at the high
school, City Hall, to civic
groups, at the post office, in
The Nugget, in utility bills,
and other venues throughout
the city.
• The splash pad at Fir
Street Park is open for the
summer and the Friday
Farmers Markets will be held
at Fir Street this summer.
• City Council approved
a new three-year contract
with the Deschutes County
Sheriff’s Office for policing
services for the City. The con-
tract is for $565,000 a year.
Sheriff Shane Nelson told the
Council, “We enjoy the rela-
tionship we have with Sisters.
You have a beautiful city.”
When asked if he has seen
changes in the crime in Sisters
over the last 10 years, Nelson
replied that the department
has not seen an increase in
threats to public safety and
no increase in serious crime.
What has increased is the
amount of time that calls take.
With more people in town,
there are more calls.
Mental-health calls have
increased and require more
time. They are seeing more
heroin in the area, with heroin
being a cheap alternative to
prescription pain medications.
Narcan, a nasal spray to coun-
teract confirmed or suspected
opioid overdoses, is carried in
all patrol cars and at the jail.
• Council approved the
appointment of Sisters resi-
dent Paul Ryan to a one-year
term on the Urban Forestry
Board, giving the board its
full five-person membership.
• Finance officer Joe
O’Neill announced that City
business license renewals
have been sent out for the
2017/18 fiscal year. He also
reported that the City has
already received a $112,000
reimbursement for the new
campground restroom, part of
the 50 percent match that was
granted by the Oregon Parks
and Recreation Department.
• Council approved a first-
ever three-year services con-
tract with the Chamber of
Commerce formalizing the
relationship between the City
and the Chamber. The con-
tract spells out the services the
Chamber provides to the City,
the amount the City will pay
for those services ($250,000),
and the rent the Chamber will
pay the City for their building
on Main Avenue.
Besides providing services
for the town businesses that
belong to the Chamber, they
also serve as a visitors bureau
for the City, maintaining a
separate budget for tourist
activities. The Chamber man-
ages the downtown banner
program.
They reach 100,000 peo-
ple a month through social
media. There is now a mobile
app that can be downloaded
to a visitor’s cell phone pro-
viding maps and information
on Sisters. Last year they
had 12,560 walk-ins to the
Chamber, fielded 6,000 phone
calls, produced and distrib-
uted 46,000 maps, aired 400
commercials in Portland and
Eugene and 8,760 commer-
cials in Central Oregon on
COTV, the visitors channel.
They assisted in the produc-
tion of four Sisters maga-
zines that appear in the Bend
Bulletin. They produce print,
digital, television, and radio
ads. The Chamber produces
the Christmas tree lighting
and parade, and the Harvest
Faire. Tourism provides the
second largest revenue stream
to the City after taxes.
• Public Works Director
Paul Bertagna offered his
thanks to the Council for tak-
ing time in the selection pro-
cess of the new City Manager
to solicit community and staff
input, something that had not
been done before.
• C o m m u n i t y
Development Director
Patrick Davenport reported
that the Rural Development
Initiative has agreed to help
get design assistance and
possible funding for the
upcoming City visioning
project.
REVERSE
MORTGAGES
HOME LOANS
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players, and made Cascade
swing the bat.
Hodges commented on
Morgan’s command of the
mound.
“Zach basically challenged
hitters and didn’t get himself
in trouble with walks, and
that was the key to the game.
He pitched ahead most of the
game. He got ahead in the
count and was able to use the
strike zone to his advantage.”
In the first inning, Morgan
scored Sisters’ first RBI, when
he hit a ground ball to second
and scored Christopher Luz.
Sisters tacked on two more
runs in the third. Luz started
the inning with a bunt single,
and Gannon took first when
he was hit by a pitch. Morgan
drew a walk and the bases
were loaded. Ryan Funk hit the
ball to the pitcher, but he bob-
bled the ball, and Luz scored.
Mingus bunted down the
first-base line and scored
Gannon on a designed safety-
squeeze play, and the Outlaws
went up 3-0.
In the fifth, Gannon reached
first base on an error, and then
stole second. Funk drove him
in with a hard line drive to
right center.
“It was a great hit,” said
Hodges. “Ryan was looking to
hit behind the runner, and he
sat on the pitch. It was a great
approach and swing, and really
smart hitting.”
The Outlaws scored their
final run of the contest in the
sixth. Austin Morss reached
first on an infield hit, and
Turner Stutzman bunted him
to second. Luz ripped a great
two-out line drive to right cen-
ter to bring Morss home.
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