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The Nugget Vol. XLI No. 20 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, May 16, 2018 Agencies to hold active- threat training at schools create the art. And 3rd and 4th grades created flying drag- ons,” Williams said. The middle school stu- dents designed cardboard airplanes connecting “Take Flight” with remembrances of old-fashioned hand-held Police and first respond- ers will be operating in and around two Sisters schools on Saturday in an active-threat drill. Sisters-Camp Sherman, Black Butte Ranch and Cloverdale fire districts per- sonnel are planning to partici- pate with local law enforce- ment including Deschutes County Sheriff ’s Office, Deschutes County 911, Ore- gon State Police, Black Butte Ranch Police and the Forest Service in a joint training exer- cise Saturday, May 19 at Sis- ters middle and high schools. The active-threat exercise will allow each agency to simulate what their role would be in the event of an active shooter event at local schools. See ARTS on page 29 See TRAINING on page 30 Sisters youths paraded on Hood Avenue in celebration of the arts last Friday. PHOTO BY JODI SCHNIEDER MCNAMEE Arts celebration brings Sisters together By Jodi Schneider McNamee Correspondent With shakers, tambou- rines and drums in hand, the Americana Project students paraded up Hood Avenue on Friday kicking off the 17th annual My Own Two Hands (MOTH) celebration of the arts featuring student-crafted art on this year’s theme, “Take Flight.” The parade is produced by Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) and supports the Americana Project and affiliated pro- grams of SFF. Directly following behind the banner were students of Sisters Elementary School, excitedly showing off their colorful dragon masks. Art instructor Karen Williams coordinated their projects for this year’s parade. “Preschool through sec- ond-grade made hats with flying objects on them using symmetry and texture to Wilderness restrictions Swinging the hammer for Habitat comment deadline near By Craig F. Eisenbeis Correspondent Time is short for the pub- lic to weigh in on a U.S. Forest Service reservation system that could severely limit future use of wilder- ness areas in local National Forests. If implemented, the sys- tem would affect all wilder- ness areas in Sisters Country. Last month, citing increas- ing user pressure and dwin- dling resources, the Forest Service published notice of a 30-day comment period for the “Central Cascades Wi l d e r n e s s S t r a t e g i e s Project,” which would affect wilderness areas in the Deschutes and Willamette Inside... National Forests. A portion of the notice reads, “The Central Cascades Wilderness Strategies Project was undertaken last year with an overarching goals (sic) of reducing recreation- related impacts and preserv- ing the wilderness charac- ter of the following: Mount Jefferson Wilderness, Mount Washington Wilderness, Three Sisters Wilderness, Waldo Lake Wilderness, and Diamond Peak Wilderness. Sharp increases in the num- ber of visitors to some of these areas is (sic) putting pressure on resources, and causing crowding and degra- dation of natural conditions. See WILDERNESS on page 31 PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK Women’s Build workers contributed to three home projects in Sisters last week. Last week more than fifty local women, includ- ing teams from First Inter- state Bank, US Bank and YouthBuild, worked on three homes in Sisters Habitat for Humanity’s Village Mead- ows neighborhood as part of National Women Build Week hosted by Sisters Habitat for Humanity and Lowe’s. The women, and some men, painted, landscaped, installed cabinets and caulked during the Women Build Week which started 11 years ago through Habitat International to encourage women nationwide to devote at least one day to help build decent and affordable hous- ing in local communities. See BUILD on page 24 Letters/Weather ................ 2 City Snapshot .................... 6 Entertainment ..................13 Crossword ....................... 25 Classifieds ..................26-28 Meetings ........................... 3 Announcements ................12 Sisters Salutes ................ 24 Paw Prints ....................... 25 Real Estate .................28-32
