Wednesday, March 21, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
SCIENCE FAIR: Multiple
hands-on exhibits
educated public
NOISE: Decimal
reading requested
for judging levels
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a cart or something that rolls
with an attached balloon,”
Corrigan said. “They use the
energy that is stored in the
balloon to propel their car.”
David Novotny and
Spencer Bordonoro won first
place.
Ian Sherman from the
Central Oregon Rocket Club
had a display table with
model rockets for viewing,
and also had small model
rocket launches outdoors in
the baseball field for specta-
tors to watch at two separate
times during the fair.
“We’ve been construct-
ing rockets all day,” he said.
“This year we also brought
a cosmic globe with us. It
shows you the way electric-
ity interacts with the human
touch.”
Outside in the 30-by-
50-foot greenhouse, Seed
to Table Farm founder and
greenhouse manager Audrey
Tehan was standing by to
answer questions about the
living laboratory.
“We have been study-
ing the different growing
techniques and learning
about hydroponic grow-
ing and aquaponics,” said
that the wording of the City
code is not criteria-based, but
rather left to the discretion of
the City Manager, a situation
he thinks is too subjective.
“I want to treat everyone
the same. I don’t want to hurt
businesses but I also need to
meet needs of the residents,”
Kucera said.
Staff suggested that per-
haps businesses could be
allowed three special events
when music could go later.
They also suggested that the
two large signature events in
Sisters – the rodeo and the
folk festival – should be con-
sidered special circumstances
being exempt from needing
any kind of variance, based
on the understanding that
those events will necessarily
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Wren Gunnarson was fascinated with looking through the microscope.
Tehan. “We are now growing
figs, avocados, peach trees,
guava, citrus and all sorts of
things. We are seeing what
the potential is for the green-
house. This is exciting to be
able to explore the field and
try to create kind of a tropi-
cal environment since we
don’t get to experience that in
Central Oregon.”
The Science Fair was a
chance for young scientists
to investigate questions and
to show off their own experi-
ments and demonstrations. It
was an opportunity for stu-
dents to learn science hands-
on, and to teach others what
they learned.
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involve loud outdoor music
being played later into the
evening.
Hardtails Bar & Grill
owner Steve Macey testified
during visitor communication
that he is in favor of specific
decibel-level regulations and
had suggested that previously
to the City. He thinks decibel
measurements will remove
the human element from the
equation.
He said his entertainment
helps bring people to town.
He has offered to cut down
the number of events he will
hold and a sound techni-
cian has been hired. Macey
explained that in the summer,
his outdoor shows don’t start
until 9 p.m. because that is
when the sun is low enough
in the sky so it isn’t shining in
the eyes of his patrons.
Macey told the Council,
“I’m here to work with you,
not against you. I am asking
you to make it 11 p.m. on the
weekends.”
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