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The Nugget
Vol. XLI No. 41
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Firefighters from a range
of local agencies made quick
work of a potentially dan-
gerous grass fire in the area
of Sno Cap Lane and Vista
Ridge Drive, off Wilt Road
north of Sisters on Thursday
afternoon.
Quick and heavy response
enabled fire crews to stop the
fire at 1.6 acres. No structures
were damaged.
Sisters-Camp Sherman
Fire District Deputy Chief
Tim Craig said, “it was a fast-
moving, wind-driven fire. It
really was a team effort to get
the whole thing taken care
of in a pretty short period of
time.”
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
The action is fast and furious...
Fire crews
quell fast-
moving
blaze
Editor in Chief
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Sisters youth soccer is underway, and the youngsters are enjoying exciting play as they learn
the game and enjoy time with friends and family.
The parent of a Sisters
Middle School (SMS) student
was cited by law enforcement
after an incident in which he
allegedly chased students he
believed were bullying his
son at the school on Tuesday
afternoon, October 2.
The student was report-
edly part of the football
program at SMS, which is
administered through Sisters
Park & Recreation District. A
football practice was about to
get underway after school.
“It looked like he tried
to take it into his own hands
and come into the school
and accost some of the foot-
ball players that he felt were
Inside...
The Sisters Kiwanis Food
Bank provides a vital service
to many families in Sisters —
families who are struggling
to get by in a high-cost town;
families who need help get-
ting through a crisis; families
who don’t have a home.
Now the Food Bank needs
Sisters’ help to continue ful-
filling its mission.
“Our donations have
declined year-over-year by
30 percent,” Kiwanis board
member Tom Hespe told The
Nugget.
Donations dropped from
See FOOD BANK on page 30
Parent cited after
incident at school
Editor in Chief
Food Bank
in serious
need of
donations
By Jim Cornelius
See FIRE on page 27
By Jim Cornelius
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bullying his son,” Schools
Superintendent Curt Scholl
told The Nugget.
Scholl reported that SMS
Principal Alison Baglien,
who happened to be in the
building after school hours,
got the man to leave the
building.
The Deschutes County
Sheriff’s Office reported that
the parent was contacted by
deputies and a state police
trooper and cited on misde-
meanor charges of menac-
ing and harassment. He was
also trespassed from school
grounds, meaning that he
would be subject to arrest if
he returns to the school.
Scholl said the incident
left “some scared kids and
some upset parents as well.”
SMS prioritizes community
By T. Lee Brown
Correspondent
“I think Sisters is the true
essence of what a commu-
nity should look like,” Alison
Baglien recently told The
Nugget.
The new principal of
Sisters Middle School is
originally from Salem and
has spent significant time as
a visitor to Central Oregon
throughout her life (see
related story, page 19).
Most of her 17 years in
education was spent in a
very different environment:
Chicago. Here in Sisters,
Baglien has found “the invest-
ment by the community, the
interest at all age levels, and
the many ways that commu-
nity partnerships, organiza-
tions, and individuals are
involved in the schools. It’s
PHOTO PROVIDED
Alison Baglien loves to hike in Central Oregon.
amazing.”
She smiled. “At first I
thought this was fake. I’m
a bit more jaded, I think,
from living in a big city for
a long time. I’m not used to
See BAGLIEN on page 18
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