Health &
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Artists display talents
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The Nugget
Vol. XLII No. 33
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Hwy. 20
pursuit
ends in
arrest
Hawaiian luau returns to Sisters
By Jodi Schneider
Correspondent
You didn9t have to fly to
Hawaii to catch a hula dance
performance 4 at least not
last Thursday.
Dark clouds and thunder
offered up a tropical island
flavor for the fifth Hawaiian
luau presented by the Rotary
Club of Sisters. Celebrating
with the aloha spirit, hun-
dreds of people gathered at
The Village Green, which
was transformed into a
Polynesian playground with
a feast fit for Island royalty.
The luau is a colorful,
festive event with Hawaiian
food, music and culture fit-
ting for the entire family. The
show offered up a journey
through the South Pacific
Islands with an accomplished
cast of artists performing to
the cultural music and dances
of the Hawaiian and Tahitian
islands.
The event is a fund-
raiser for the Sisters Park &
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Sisters-Camp Sherman firefighters joined Shannon Rackowski to hula dance at Sisters’ annual Hawaiian Luau.
Recreation District senior
scholarship program. It
returned this year after last
year9s hiatus.
Sisters Park & Recreation
District Event Coordinator
Shannon Rackowski noted,
<We wanted to change up the
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menu this year, so I replaced
the lomi lomi salmon with
See LUAU on page 26
Oregon State Police
arrested a 31-year-old Eugene
man on multiple charges on
Monday, August 5, after a
pursuit on Highway 20.
According to an OSP
report, at about 3:40 p.m., an
OSP trooper reported a reck-
less driver on the east side of
the Santiam Pass on Highway
20, traveling eastbound.
He was unable to catch up
to and stop the recklessly
driven vehicle, which was
picked up a short time later by
another OSP officer as it was
approaching Sisters.
There was a short pur-
suit, which was terminated.
The vehicle was located in
Sisters following a head-on
See ARREST on page 24
Citizens are ‘extra eyes’ Community inspires healthy kids
for law enforcement
By T. Lee Brown
Correspondent
By Jim Cornelius
Editor in Chief
In the wake of a spate of
graffiti and other vandalism
and petty crime in Sisters,
some citizens have taken to
patrolling the area at night as
a kind of informal commu-
nity watch.
Sgt. William Bailey of the
Deschutes County Sheriff9s
Office told The Nugget that
law enforcement appreciates
an alert and attentive citi-
zenry that can act as <extra
eyes= for law enforcement 4
but witnessing and reporting
should be the limit of action.
Bailey said the same
ground rules apply to any
citizen, whether they9re <on
patrol= or simply going about
Inside...
their business: If you see sus-
picious activity, report it 4
and that9s it.
< T h e y s h o u l d n o t
approach, engage, or get
involved with whatever it is
and just be a good witness for
law enforcement,= he said.
Sgt. Bailey told The
Nugget that his understanding
is that the citizens on patrol
have been adhering to that
protocol.
<I have been told that they
have been very good about
just reporting information to
law enforcement,= he said.
Sgt. Bailey said that com-
munity watch activity spotted
a group of juveniles found to
be drinking on Forest Service
See EXTRA EYES on page 27
Being active. People know
it9s good for their bodies and
minds. It9s essential for the
developing minds, emotions,
and bodies of children and
teens.
Sometimes, though, it9s
hard to get kids off the couch,
off the phone, and moving
around. Families in Sisters
Country enjoy a plethora of
options (see related article,
page 22).
Local mom Brittany
Morioka believes that being
active starts with being in
community.
<Our neighborhood has
created an environment in
which our kids don9t want
to sit inside,= she told The
Nugget. <We9ve intention-
ally taken play out of our
PHOTO BY TL BROWN
Parents and mentors can help kids choose fun, real-life activity over
excessive digital device use.
backyards and homes, into
our front yards. Kids want be
where other kids are.=
The neighborhood in
question is the Village at
Cold Springs, a development
See KIDS on page 23
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