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Wednesday, November 29, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
LETTERS
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conditions whether domestic abuse issues, or
cancer such as breast, ovarian, or cervical.
A yes vote would insure continued access to
healthcare under the new law.
A session of the legislature was already
planned to begin in February 2018, thus the
desire to have the vote before it begins, in
case the legislature needs to come up with
another form of funding to keep the OHP
functioning and to qualify for matching fed-
eral funds.
Please inform yourself before we have to
vote.
Phyllis Lewis
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To the Editor:
I am so disappointed at the dismissal of
Charlotte Nitcher, a 20-year and very popular
and helpful employee of Deschutes County
Library in Sisters. After she suffered severe
injury requiring major surgery to her shoul-
der, Nitcher was refused return to her job with
any restrictions after months of necessary
recovery time.
Sisters’ library has been a central part of
this community for so many years. This seems
to be changing in a library system that does
not demonstrate any compassion for employ-
ees. There are so many volunteers (20 or so a
week) who could have covered the areas that
Nitcher was unable to do for awhile.
Twenty Sisters residents were at a hear-
ing to support Nitcher, with much testimony
of support. The district library board unani-
mously upheld her firing despite the obvi-
ous support for her. I stated that the restric-
tions she had were some that even a building
contractor would find tolerable to getting an
employee back to work. It’s a library. It is
not driving heavy equipment nor hammering
nails.
My disappointment is echoed by so many,
including members of Friends of the Library.
I suspect our library will suffer consequences,
especially in fundraising as a result. This
action does not reflect the community spirit
of which we in Sisters are so proud.
Bonnie Malone
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To the Editor:
We are writing to appeal the decision
being made to build the new bus barn facility
for the Sisters School District on the Sisters
High School campus parking lot.
As it is now, the parking lot gets very
crowded, and when attending Sisters events
(school or public related) such as dances,
the veteran memorial events, concerts, stu-
dent art shows, SALI, SOAR/SPRD bas-
ketball events, football games and even the
Quilt Show classes, there is never enough
parking.
Even on a regular school day, this can be
the case. We believe that the Quilt Show actu-
ally operates their shuttle out of the parking
lot, don’t they?
This idea sounds like an accident waiting
to happen. With student drivers (and student
driving lessons) busses coming in and out,
folks using the facilities and SPRD/SOAR
parking needs and then students possibly
having to walk to the bus barn for technical
classes, it sounds like something could acci-
dently happen.
Is the unexpected grant money being used
for this or the bond funds? We have heard a
rumor that they will not be replacing leaks in
the school’s roof, but will be patching them.
You would think that the funds would be bet-
ter spent on those items.
Please, let’s be more transparent with the
monies for our schools, especially if it is
money that we agreed to pay in the bond that
had specifics listed, of which we do not recall
a new bus barn, not saying that one may not
be needed.
Henry & Kerry Zenich
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