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Mixed week on hardwood for Outlaws page 4 A pioneering Sisters businesswoman page 9 Trail advocates warn of muddy conditions page 24 The Nugget Vol.KXLIKNo.K5 P OSTAL CUSTOMER News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon www.NuggetNews.com PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15 Wednesday,KJanuaryK31,K2018 Sisters looks to craft a vision of the future People’s Choice... ByKSueKStaffordK Correspondent PHOTO PROVIDED “BlueKHourKReflectionKatKBrokenKTop”KbyKAustinKJamesKJacksonKearnedKPeople’sKChoiceKhonorsKatKtheKSistersKLibrary’sKannualKexhibitKlastKweek.K Sisters is getting set to embark on a project to envi- sion its future. Steven Ames and Ruth Williamson of NXT Consulting Group of Bend made their initial presentation to City Council outlining a “visioning” process. Ames likened the vision- ing exercise to “fixing the roof while the sun is shining.” It’s better to look at where we currently are as a city and where we would like to go when things are going well, See KVISIONK on page 19 Sisters takes on suicide prevention ByKCharlieKKanzig Correspondent A distressed family mem- ber takes her own life, leav- ing the survivors to grapple with tormenting what-ifs, horrible guilt, paralyzing helplessness and incompre- hensible grief. Family and friends ask, “Could I have done more? Did I miss some warning signs? Did they try to tell me and I dismissed their com- ments? Did they tell anyone their plans and no one spoke up?” Suicide, long an almost taboo subject, is the cause of death for approximately 38,000 Americans in a given Inside... year and rates among minors continues to grow, accord- ing to the Center for Disease Control. The rate of suicide among teenagers has more than doubled since 2007, according to the same source. The time has come to address the topic head-on, says Sisters Middle School counselor Brook Jackson. That is why he and other staff members from the Sisters School District are working to do everything possible to help prevent suicide locally, including the hosting of a community presentation, as well as assemblies at Sisters Middle School and Sisters See KSUICIDEK on page 22 Students to go to Belgium for science ByKJimKAnderson Correspondent Three Sisters High School chemistry students — seniors Ethan Ferwalt, Ashonte Hull, and junior Amy Hills — have been selected, through a com- petitive process from world- wide applicants, to join a group of students in Brussels, Belgium, to send near-space experiments up in an atmo- spheric balloon. The three students designed their experiment during chemistry classes this last fall, and then chose the option to enter it in the Asgard Balloon Project. They were selected. The students plan to travel to Belgium (assuming they can raise the appropriate funds) with one or two of their parents to attend this science PHOTO BY ETHAN FERWALT SHSKseniorsKEthanKFerwalt,KAshonteKHullKandKjuniorKAmyKHillsKworkingKonK theirKhigh-altitudeKelectronicKexperimentKtheyKwillKtakeKtoKBelgium. event in late April, 2018. Last spring, the SHS chem- istry classes were conducting near space atmospheric bal- loon experiments, mentored by Sisters resident Steven Peterzën of the ISTAR Group — a firm that offers a multi- tude of support for science and technological research in See KBELGIUMK on page 24 Letters/Weather ................ 2 Obituaries ......................... 5 Movies & Entertainment ....11 Sisters Saver ....................21 Classifieds ..................26-28 Meetings ........................... 3 Announcements ............... 10 Bunkhouse Chronicle ........15 Crossword ....................... 25 Real Estate .................29-32
