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Wednesday, June 14, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Agenda…
Sisters City Council
Sisters City Hall, 520 E.
Cascade Ave., Wed., June 14
5 p.m. workshop:
1. Social
gaming
ordinance.
2. Nuisance ordinance
and development code
amendments.
3. CEC Franchise
Agreement R. Allen.
4. Master fee schedule
updates.
6:30 p.m. regular meeting:
• Resolution No. 2017-
09: Declaring municipal ser-
vices provided by the City of
Sisters.
• Resolution No. 2017-10:
Extending workers compen-
sation to volunteers.
• Approve the city man-
ager employment agreement.
• Public
hearing,
Resolution No. 2017-11:
Adopting budget.
• Public
hearing
Resolution No. 2017-12:
Declaring acceptance of state
revenues.
• Resolution No. 2017-
13: Amending pay plan
classification.
• Public hearing Resolution
2017-14: Adopt changes
to master fee schedule.
• Sewer connection agree-
ment between the City of
Sisters and Sisters Airport
Property, LLC., and Sisters
Runway, Inc.
New volleyball coach is in for the long haul
zy Rongi Yodt
Correspondent
Rory Rush was recently
hired as the new Sisters High
School head volleyball coach.
She told The Nugget she
plans to stick around for the
long haul. Rush is the fourth
coach the varsity squad has
had in the past four years.
Rush has volleyball in her
blood and has been playing or
coaching the game since she
was in elementary school.
Rory played at setter in mid-
dle school and went on as
setter for North Eugene High
School. After high school,
Rush attended Concordia
University where she was a
setter and also a defensive
specialist.
While in high school,
Rush started coaching at the
elementary level, and in col-
lege coached through the
Boys and Girls Club, and at
youth centers.
“That’s what started my
love of working with kids,”
said Rush. “I love the sport
and I love the friendships and
the competitiveness.”
Rush graduated from col-
lege in 1995, and took a brief
break from coaching to get
married and start a family.
Rory and her husband, Chad,
have four children: Gabi (20);
Isaiah (17); Ellie (14); and
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In 1998, Rush started her
coaching career as a junior
varsity coach at Portland
Lutheran. She was the assis-
tant for one year, and took
over the program a year later.
Rush coached at Portland
Lutheran for 16 years.
In 2014, Rory’s husband
lost his job and the family
moved to Salem. Rush didn’t
waste time, and got a job at
Western Mennonite as their
volleyball coach and was
there from 2014 through the
fall of 2017. In addition to
coaching high school vol-
leyball, Rush has coached
club volleyball for the past 15
years.
Recently, Rory’s husband
found himself in a similar
job situation, and with more
duties being added to his job,
he no longer wanted the posi-
tion, and the family was up
for a move.
Rush said, “My husband
wanted something new, and
volleyball-wise I wanted to
be where the program was
more competitive. While
I was coaching club, the
opening for Sisters’ volley-
ball coach was posted and I
thought to myself, Why not?
and came over and applied.”
Rory applied in February
and was notified in April that
she got the job. The family
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Rush shared with The
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her as a coach.
“As a coach, it’s important
for me to teach fundamentals,
to teach the knowledge of the
game, but to also teach life
lessons.”
When volleyball starts up
mid-August, Rush has three
main goals she hopes the
team can accomplish.
“I want to continue to be
competitive, win the league
title, and bring some stability
to the program,” said Rush.
“I’d like to really build the
program at the younger lev-
els so there’s an excitement
when they get to high school.
“I plan to be around for a
long time. I have two daugh-
ters that will be in the pro-
gram. I want them to have
success, and once they leave
to look back and have great
memories of their time here.”
Athletic Director Gary
Thorson is excited to have
Rush on board.
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the sport at both the high
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entire program. She also has
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the Sisters community.”
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