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30 Wednesday, June 28, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon BARBECUE: Event introduced new city manager to Sisters Continued from page 1 spot for the barbecue. A large canopy provided some shade for the guests, who were seated at long tables covered in festive red and white- checked tablecloths. Diners had a choice of hamburgers and hot dogs, ably cooked on the grill by Public Works Director Paul Bertagna and Finance Officer Joe O’Neill, aided by Kim Keeton, City accounting technician, who handed out the buns. Potato salad, green salad, bags of chips, and cookies, restocked by Kerry Prosser, city recorder, and Carol Jenkins, planning tech- nician, rounded out the menu. Everything was free of charge, as part of the City’s outreach to the community. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. “Why didn’t we do this before?” wondered Sisters artist Paul Bennett. City Council President Nancy Connolly was pleased with the citizens’ response, and added, “It’s nice to see such a good turnout and hear such positive comments about the direction of the City.” Showing inside the Council chambers was a continuous slide show of his- torical snapshots of Sisters dating as far back as 1895, with photos of the horse- drawn stage line, the origi- nal Sisters two-story white school house, and the Brooks- Scanlon logging train that carried cut ponderosas to their mill. There were photos of the early days of the rodeo, and the heavy snowfall of 1919. Also included was a short film made in 1967 of driv- ing down Cascade Avenue showing what Sisters looked like in those days. City staffer Julie Pieper, finance adminis- trative assistant, put the slide show together. Outgoing City Manager Rick Allen received a number of compliments on the job he has done in Sisters over the past year. “You brought decency back to Sisters,” offered 23-year Sisters resident Carolyn Platt. Allen, who has been involved in local Central Oregon government for years and served as the La Pine interim city manager before coming to Sisters, responded to Platt. “I learn everywhere I go and, therefore, I can bring dif- ferent ways of doing things… When I arrived in Sisters, it wasn’t fun (for citizen vol- unteers) to serve here and it wasn’t fun to work here. We have been able to change the ATHLETICS: Community support, coaching get credit for success Continued from page 1 PHOTO BY SUE STAFFORD City Councilor Richard Esterman introduced new City Manager Brant Kucera to the citizens attending a barbecue on Thursday. culture and how we respond to people,” he said. 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