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Wednesday, February 21, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
City snapshot
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
• Five campsites at
Creekside Campground were
recently converted to full
hook-ups with electricity
and sewer provided. Still to
be completed is the installa-
tion of a dishwashing station
and fiber optics to provide
Internet service for campers.
The campground is scheduled
to open for the 2018 season
on April 1.
• The Transportation
System Plan update is
being drafted by Kittleson
Engineers. The draft will go
to the Technical Advisory
Committee for review and
then City Council will review
it in a workshop. There may
be a public meeting before it
is finally adopted.
• The roundabout art com-
mittee met to review the
477 community feedback
forms received at City Hall.
The comment period is still
open. The committee will be
meeting again on March 14
to decide on a final recom-
mendation to the Sisters City
Council.
• Sisters resident Gary
Ross was appointed by City
Council to a three-year term
on the City Parks Advisory
Board. Before moving to
Sisters, Ross served for 13
years as an elected direc-
tor of the Willamalane Park
and Recreation District in
Springfield, a special dis-
trict like Sisters Park &
Recreation District.
• The City has accepted
the water and sewer improve-
ments for the Grand Peaks
housing development, across
Camp Polk Road from the
airport, and the recorded
final plat has been received,
according to Paul Bertagna,
public works director.
• City Recorder Kerry
Prosser told Council that the
new City website will be live
within the next few weeks.
Council will have a chance
to view it before it goes
online.
• City Council held its
annual goal-setting work-
shop on February 13. City
Manager Brant Kucera
reported that the City has
made great progress on the
2017-18 goals with four more
months remaining in the fis-
cal year. He said with next
year’s goals now established,
the Council is well on its way
to producing a strategic plan.
Following work by City staff,
the goals for fiscal year 2018-
19 will be released to the
public.
• The February 28 City
Council workshop is sched-
uled to begin at 5 p.m., a half-
hour earlier than usual.
• C ity F o res ter Dan
Galecki made his monthly
report to the Urban Forestry
Board regarding trees around
town that have been identi-
fied for removal due to dis-
ease or structural damage, as
well as trees that need to be
monitored due to their current
signs of distress. There are a
number of ponderosa pine
trees at the City’s water treat-
ment facility at the end of
South Locust Street that are
compromised. There are 15
slated for removal and four
that will be monitored.
• The Senior Alliance
is moving forward with its
planning for the March 21
community dinner and con-
versation about creating an
“Age-Friendly Community.”
The event will be held at the
Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD
Community Hall. Dinner is
scheduled for 4:30 to 5:30
p.m. and work group discus-
sions from 5:30 to 8 p.m. In
preparation for the event, a
comprehensive amount of
information is being collected
regarding transportation
options, housing, outdoor
spaces and buildings, pro-
grams for homebound resi-
dents, volunteers to perform
small household and home-
repair tasks, medical ser-
vices, and free legal services.
Isolation, social services, and
meals are other areas being
investigated.
Dixie Eckford has com-
piled a comprehensive report
on services offered at each of
the seven senior centers in
Central Oregon. The report
discusses facilities, fund-
ing, activities, meals, and
transportation provided. The
general takeaway is that, at
present, Sisters offers the
least number of services
specifically targeted for the
senior population. Bend and
Prineville rank the high-
est for number of senior
services.
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galloped off to a good start
at the first Central District
meet last weekend. Twelve
teams from central and east-
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and snow to test their mettle
in an array of performance
and gaming events at the
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The Sisters team is small
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competitive athletes. The
team has been working hard
on their horsemanship skills
in the lead-up to the meet, and
Coach Julie Vosberg said it’s
paying off.
“After watching their per-
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to see they are very competi-
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in each of her performance
classes. In-hand trail, show-
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tility of Rubbert and her horse.
Hailee Kennedy, Rebecca
Rubbert, Sara Rubbert, Madi
Larabee, Jackson Robinson
are running the Sisters colors
in the gaming events this year.
Kennedy, Larabee and
Robinson worked together
in team penning, and accord-
ing to Vosberg are working
on finding their groove in
the event. Battling wind and
weather proved challenging
for all the competitors, and
the cattle.
Top 10 finishes in the gam-
ing events were as follows:
Kennedy was third in pole
bending, Rebecca Rubbert
and Kennedy were ninth in
birangle and Kennedy took
sixth in keyhole.
Vosberg said, “This meet
gave the team a benchmark,
and they’re committed to
working hard heading into the
March meet.”
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