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8 Wednesday, January 30, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon F T O H S E E M T O E N L TH H T ★ OUTLAWS ★ A SPONSORED BY ROBBERSON FORD ★ ★ ★ ABBEY BUSICK ★ ★ ★ EVAN PALMER ★ ★ ★ Cheerleader, skier are hardworking and dependable Abbey Busick and Evan Palmer are the January 2019 Athletes of the Month, selected by Sisters Outlaws coaches. Abbey Busick is a member of the Sisters Outlaws Cheer Squad. <She is responsible, respectful, dependable and hardworking,= says Coach Gabrielle Griffy. <She has been the head cheerleader for the past two years and is an amazing leader. She is one e of es in the most fit female athletes our school and has strong aca- demic standards for herself f as well. She will have been to as State all four years and was on the first cheerleading team from Sisters to compete at s- Nationals. She has a pas- sion for her sport but also on of the most seen en is one stud students at all other ath- letic contests here at our sch school beyond what was required of her as c a cheerleader. She is one of the best exam- ple of athletes at our ples school.= Evan Palmer is a skier on th Sisters Outlaws Alpine the team. Coach Rima Givot says th Evan <is a consis- that te hardworking, humble tent, le leader who quietly leads b example. He can be by counted on to focus and H LEONARD push himself to be his best. PHOTO BY SARA PHOTO BY SA RAH LEONAR D Evan inspires his teammates by his work ethic and determination. He constantly strives to ski with better technique and push to attack the course with courage. The ski team is so lucky to have Evan as a leading racer. Keep up the out- standing work! We hope your sea- son continues to build as it has so far!= Oregon OKs new smoke rules to allow more prescribed burns PORTLAND (AP) 4 The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission has approved new smoke rules for the state that will allow more planned burns that reduce wildfire risk by getting rid of underbrush and dead trees. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that the rules approved Thursday are a tradeoff between having some smoke drift into communities during the winter months and the potential for devastating wildfires in the summer. On the color-based system used for air quality alerts, the cutoff would now be within the yellow or <moderate= category. The rules also designate limits for the 24-hour average of smoke in communities. The new rules apply to public and private landowners and burn- ing on industrial timberlands. <This change will allow relatively low levels of smoke from prescribed burning to occur more frequently in com- munities. And that9s a tradeoff for reducing the potential for much worse smoke incidence from wildfire in the summer season,= said Department of Environmental Quality direc- tor Richard Whitman. The new state stan- dards still fall within federal guidelines. Support for the changes has not been unanimous; some health and air quality advocates objected during the See SMOKE RULES on page 31 Sisters Dental is uniting with our neighbor Everson Family Dentistry! Increased & More Flexible Hygiene Appointments Expanded Dental Care Services Same Compassionate Dental Team! 541-549-9486 | www.sistersdental.com Your Care wishes you a HEALTHY DOSE OF SUCCESS in and out of school $ 15 OFF SPORTS PHYSICALS 541-548-2899 With this ad. Expires 6-15-19. 3818 SW 21st Pl., Ste. 100 Redmond • Open every day yourcaremedical.com WALK-IN • URGENT CARE • OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE • X-RAY
