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The Nugget
Vol. XLI No. 18
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
A personal best...
Sisters
students
took safety
concerns to
Washington
F.S. plans
to cut down
trees along
Highway 20
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
When word of the mass
shooting of students in
Parkland, Florida hit the
news, Lisa Clausen expe-
rienced the all-too-familiar
anger and frustration aroused
by earlier shootings.
“It is unimaginable to
me that we can have 5- and
6-year-old first-graders
slaughtered in their classroom
and do nothing about it… This
time feels different, primarily
because there are some very
strong and articulate students
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Ryliereece Morgan won the triple jump with a personal best leap of 34 feet 7-1/4 inches
at the annual Sisters Rotary Track Meet held last weekend at Sisters High School.
See STUDENTS on page 14
Editor in Chief
The Republican primary
field is crowded in the race
to claim two open positions
on the Deschutes County
Board of Commissioners.
Incumbents Tony DeBone is
challenged by restaurateur Ed
Barbeau for Position 1 and
Tammy Baney is facing off
against Sisters resident Patti
Adair for the nomination for
Position 3.
The Democrat Party has
fielded one candidate for each
position in the primary —
Amy Lowes seeking Position
1 and James Cook aiming for
Position 3.
Adair, a former CPA, says
she is concerned about county
Inside...
Anyone who has driven
between Sisters and Black
Butte Ranch knows that the
trees along Highway 20 are in
trouble. Some of these dam-
aged and potentially dying
trees have been recognized
as a public safety hazard and
must be removed.
The Sisters Ranger District
is interested in hearing from
the public regarding a pro-
posed project to remove dead
and dying danger trees along
Highway 20 just outside of
Sisters. The project would
remove trees that pose a haz-
ard to public safety because
of their potential to fall across
the highway. Only the dead
and dying trees would be
See DYING TREES on page 37
Crowded primary
field in county race
By Jim Cornelius
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finances and the property
tax burden borne by local
residents.
“A lot of people are pay-
ing more for their property
taxes than they are for their
mortgage,” she said. “They’re
getting hammered. I just am
hearing from too many people
who are struggling to stay
here.”
Baney notes that the county
has reduced property taxes
twice and asserts that she is a
“proven fiscal conservative.”
Both Adair and Barbeau
criticized the incumbent com-
missioners for raising the pay
of county staff based on com-
parisons with districts that
have a higher median income.
Garden nurtures sense of community
Eileen M. Chambers
Correspondent
“It is awfully hard to
grow a tomato in Central
Oregon,” Bob Lawton, Sisters
Community Garden manager
and treasurer, said with a
knowing smile.
Bob’s fellow gardeners
at Saturday’s season-opener
work party laughed — as
in “been there, tried that.”
They know from experience
that you had better have a bit
of a Viking spirit to garden
outdoors in Central Oregon
where snow, frost, hail and
high winds (not to mention
deer, moles, and guinea hens)
often stand between you and
that ripe beefsteak tomato.
Yet, for many, like Kathy
Hall, who has been with
PHOTO BY EILEEN CHAMBERS
See ELECTION on page 30
See GARDEN on page 38
Tending the rhubarb at the Sisters Community Garden.
Letters/Weather ................ 2 Obituaries ...................... 6-7 Entertainment ..................13 Mother’s Day ...............28-29 Classifieds ..................34-36
Meetings ........................... 3 Announcements ................12 Focus on Health .......... 16-24 Crossword ....................... 33 Real Estate ................. 37-40