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Wednesday, June 28, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
BARBECUE: Event
introduced new city
manager to Sisters
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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
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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.
Dennis Schmidling of
Sisters Gallery & Frame Shop
summed up the importance of
the new culture and the value
of events like the barbecue.
“Building community is
the salve we need,” he said.
Dennis’s wife, Helen, was
impressed with the strong
turnout. Their friend Bob
Burgess, president of Sisters
Arts Association, added, “I
think they (staff) did a great
job on the barbecue, espe-
cially without knowing how
many people were coming.”
Senior planner BeAnne
McConkie did have to make
a run to Ray’s for 80 more
hamburger patties, and even-
tually every bit of food was
eaten.
Esterman remarked, “We
had an excellent turnout and
we owe a big thanks to the
staff for all their hard work.”
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