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Wednesday, February 28, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon LETTERS Continued from page 2 541-322-7653, to have it removed. This program also operates on public lands. So, if you see downed or not-in-use wire on public lands you can call about that as well. Barbara Bagg s s s To the Editor: We should put cowboys on horses in the roundabout. Cowboys represent Sisters Country. Cowboys are the perfect thing to put in the roundabout. We should put cowboys in the roundabout because they are part of our community. For one thing, cowboys live here. Also they rep- resent the Outlaws! And cowboys help us by raising cattle and sheep. Cowboys should go in the roundabout. Horses are a good addition to cowboys. Cowboys ride them while herding cattle. Horses live here too because they belong to cowboys. Cowboys and horses work for us, so horses should go with the cowboys in the roundabout. We should really put cowboys and horses in the roundabout. Cowboys on horses would be a great addition to the roundabout in Sisters. Brennan Frutos (age 9) s s s To the Editor: The City Council has a decision to make regarding roundabout art. I support “Butte” as the best alternative. “Helix” is beautiful, but too detailed and complex to appreciate while driving. Plus, the local scenes are up at the top, even harder to see at speed. “Gateway” is the expected solution, which is a strong reason to look deeply at who we are and whether the expected solution still works. It hits all the local genres — Western, wildlife, rocks and trees. But Sisters is also an art center. Art is more than pretty pictures or straightforward portrayals of our environ- ment. The best art is inventive, surprising, pushes the limits, provokes new thinking, and encourages new ways of seeing. “Gateway” only gives us more of what we already know. And so I support “Butte” — an ingenious, innovative design — beautiful, simple, eas- ily comprehended even at speed, with the elegance of a good logo. It will change with the play of light and shadow and in the snow. It references our ponderosas and buttes in color and shape, but in a new and entirely different way. The model alone, with its detailed craftsmanship, promises that the final piece will delight our visitors and make us 15 proud. We will always be a Western and wild- life town, and will cherish our history and location — but we aren’t just that. Contemporary times live here too in the form of high-tech bikes, skis, outdoor cloth- ing, at our library, banks, and stores. We don’t ski on wood slats with leather bind- ings anymore; let’s put Sisters on the art map by supporting 21st-century art in the roundabout. Joellyn Loehr s s s To the Editor: As we move into the second half of the school year, I am excited to share another letter following our school board meeting on February 7. Enrollment is up again, by one student, keeping us ahead of where we finished the prior school year! Deb Riehle and Tiffany Tisdel presented on Sisters Middle School use of the Response To Intervention (RTI) as a data protocol and action plan to help improve reading of all students at Sisters Middle School. They have seen significant improvements as large num- bers of students have improved their reading levels and all teachers are working together to support literacy. Josh Nordell, Dan Saraceno and Mark Stewart gave us an update on special edu- cation and the Transition Program. They were excited about the partnership with the school district, which employs these stu- dents and has allowed us to qualify for grants that provide job coaches for some of our students. The district has begun work on updating its mission and vision. A series of stakeholder meetings is being organized to get input. Our community involvement and feedback in this process is critical. We have two community/ parent sessions scheduled. The first session will be held on Monday, March 19, 5:30 p.m. at Sisters Elementary and the second is scheduled for Wednesday, March 21, 12:30 p.m. at the Sisters School District Office. If you are unable to attend either of these ses- sions, please visit the district webpage, ssd6. org or go directly to https://goo.gl/forms/ PmcIHVl4mdwcpNBS2 to take a brief sur- vey that will help provide us direction in this process. Our next Sisters School Board meeting is Wednesday, March 7, at 5 p.m. at the district office. These are public meetings and offer a great way to see how our students, staff, administrators, volunteers and community members all come together to make our dis- trict one of the best in Oregon! Curt Scholl SSD Superintendent Serving Sisters Since 1976 oing on g t e g o t Need We’ve ? s t c e j o r spring p ing you need! th FREE got every Local Delivery Lumber • Hardware • Paint Fencing & Decking • Doors & Windows ows Hours: M-F 8 to 5, Sat. 8 to 4:30, Closed Sundays 440 N. Pine St. • 541-549-8141 • www.hoyts.net s s s PHOTO COURTESY BILL ANTILLA Pictured Left to Right: Jeff Mackey, Earl Schroeder, Theresa Slavkovsky, Dawn Cooper, Lance Trowbridge, Bill Anttila. Local veterans help students in need On February 20, Sisters VFW Post 8138, and Sisters American Legion Post 86 answered the call to help fund the Sisters weekend food pro- gram for students. Each organization gave the program a check for $500 to purchase food supplies. The program was established to provide food on weekends for students who qualify for the school lunch program during the week. Bags are packed at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church and dis- tributed to the schools on Thursday by a volunteer. “It is through such Sisters Country generosity as VFW Post 8138 and AL Post 86 that the food bag program can continue to provide weekend meals to qualifying students,” said Bill Anttila, coordinator, Fan Food Bag Program. For more information about the program and how to make tax-deductible donations, contact Theresa Slavkovsky or Dawn Cooper at the FAN Office, 541- 549-0155; or Bill Anttila, 541-549-1132. Year-round FIREWOOD SALES — Kindling — — — SISTERS FOREST PRODUCTS 541-410-4509 SistersForestProducts.com Longing for Spring? Come try our fresh fl avors. Open Every Day Except Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. 403 E. Hood Ave. | 541.549.2699
