Wednesday, February 28, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
LETTERS
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Post 8138 and AL Post 86
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Fan Food Bag Program.
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