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The Nugget Vol. XLI No. 11 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, March 14, 2018 Dawn of a new season?... The geese at Pine Meadow Ranch are announcing a change in the seasons. Spring is trying to get here to stay, loosening up winter’s last grip. PHOTO BY JIM CORNELIUS Citizens weigh in on marijuana in Sisters Forest Service could By Sue Stafford Correspondent Opinions were fairly evenly split at a May 6 com- munity meeting regarding possible adoption of time, place and manner (TPM) regulations on the mari- juana industry for the City of Sisters. TPMs can regulate times of operation, location and proximity of businesses, signage and advertising, disposal, licensing terms, odor mitigation, background checks, and other consider- ations for marijuana busi- nesses. At this point in time, Council is only looking at whether or not to establish TPM regulations for recre- ational marijuana sales in Christian academy faces financial crisis By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief Sisters Christian Academy is facing a serious financial crisis due to low enrollment. While the school will definitely complete this school year, long-time board member Peter Storton told The Nugget that the school is coming to “a time of deci- sion” as to whether it will be able to continue into the future. The private school is seeking community support to carry on. “We’re hoping people will step up,” Storton said. InsideMMM “We want to go in with the attitude that we are going to be here, and we’re hopeful that people will step forward and help us to do that.” According to Storton, the school needs $100,000 in hand to be able to go forward into the 2018-19 school year. The school charges $4,950 for yearly tuition, which is lower than most Christian schools in the region — sig- nificantly lower in many cases. While tuition hikes are on the table, Storton said, the school wants to remain accessible to young families. See ACADEMY on page 31 the city, not whether to allow such sales. About 25 people testified, 12 in favor of marijuana, 11 against, and several discuss- ing both sides of the issue. Those against allowing marijuana retail outlets in Sisters mentioned the pos- sible negative influence of See MARIJUANA on page 24 sell more of property By Sue Stafford Correspondent The U.S. Forest Service is currently investigating the possibility of increasing the number of acres being offered for sale at the pres- ent site of the Sisters Ranger District headquarters. “That decision has not been made yet, but that is the proposal (to add 13.21 acres to the property sale), with a decision to add or not expected by the end of March 2018 after the current public scoping and comment period See FS PROPERTY on page 28 Council to approve roundabout art By Sue Stafford Correspondent The Sisters Art Selection Committee has reached a decision on the artwork to rec- ommend for placement in the Highway 20/Barclay Avenue roundabout. Their recommen- dation will be presented to the Sisters City Council for their approval by a majority vote at the Wednesday, March 14, meeting at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. Danae Bennett Miller of Tumalo created the art pro- posal selected for recom- mendation to the Council. Her design, titled “A Land of Contrasts,” was one of three finalists chosen from 125 ini- tial entries. PHOTO BY JIM CORNELIUS “Land of Contrasts” is the selection of the Roundabout Art Committee. The other two finalists were “Butte,” designed and constructed by Jeff Wester of Sisters’ Ponderosa Forge and John Fleming of Seattle, and “Mountain Helix” designed by Roger White Stoller of Portola Valley, California. See ART on page 31 Letters/Weather MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM 2 Obituaries MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM 5 Sisters Salutes MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM11 Home & Garden MMMMMMMMMMMM12-21 Classifieds MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM 26-27 Meetings MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM 3 Announcements MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM 10 Movies & Entertainment MMMM11 Crossword MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM 25 Real Estate MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM29-32
