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Wednesday, September 12, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Sisters salutes
• Roy Gannon, a Sisters
High School senior, was
named National American
Miss Oregon Teen at the
Oregon State Pageant
held September 3. She
will attend the National
Pageant at Disneyland in
Anaheim, California, during
Thanksgiving week, where
she will have an oppor-
tunity to win a share of
over $500,000 in cash and
prizes.
Her mother, Sheila
Gannon, noted that this was
“her fifth year competing
for the title and she is very
honored that her hard work
has finally paid off.”
The pageant program
is based on inner beauty
as well as poise and pre-
sentation, and offers an
“All-American spirit”
of fun for family and
friends. Emphasis is
placed on the impor-
tance of gaining self-
confidence, learn-
ing new skills, learning
good attitudes about com-
petition, and setting and
achieving personal goals.
Roy is involved in gym-
nastics, cheerleading, stu-
dent government and Jazz
Choir.
LETTERS
Continued from page 2
To the Editor:
The City of Estes Park in Colorado has
adopted and upheld a no-marijuana-sales law
in their city. In their words, “...wishing to take
measures to minimize the exposure of resi-
dents and guests to this industry ... Estes Park
has chosen to remain a family-friendly desti-
nation and community, upholding (their) tra-
ditions of physical & spiritual wellness, out-
door recreation, meaningful connections with
nature & each other, and timeless family fun.”
I urge the City of Sisters to look to and
reach out to cities like Estes Park to learn from
their experience.
With all the recent talk about funding our
own city police department, would marijuana
sales add to the need for a police force in our
town? Has the City of Sisters looked to Sheriff
Shane Nelson for input on marijuana-related
police regulation costs in Bend? Remember,
our own city police force would come to us by
way of a major tax increase. The added mari-
juana sales tax would probably have a mini-
mal impact on city income, the few who aren’t
growing their own will likely travel to Bend
to avoid that tax just like so many do to avoid
our gas tax.
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Sheriff Nelson is clearly another great
resource; I urge the City of Sisters to talk with
him directly about the subject of marijuana
sales.
Then I got to thinking about my trip on an
airplane last month. An onboard announce-
ment stated that a passenger had a severe pea-
nut allergy, we were requested to refrain from
opening/eating any snack we’d brought along
that contained peanuts. So every passenger on
the plane took action in order to protect the one.
My point being: I’m requesting the City of
Sisters and every one of us residents to keep
asking questions and educate ourselves so we
can make a truly informed decision on mari-
juana sales. That decision might even be to
simply defer it until we have a clearer picture
of the impact, because there’s no going back
once it’s done. I hope our community can make
a decision based not on short-term personal
convenience and gratification, but based on the
long-term goals of our community for busi-
ness atmosphere, a family-friendly lifestyle,
a reasonable cost of living tax base, and the
long-term effect on every vulnerable person in
our community. A strong healthy community
has the ability to look beyond each individu-
al’s immediate personal gratification in order
to take care of the community as a whole.
Lorna Clarke
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