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Of
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at banquet page 31
The Nugget
Vol. XLII No. 38
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Housing
options
as we age
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Charges
reduced
in home
intrusion
incident
Juniper moon...
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
As the pages of the calen-
dar keep turning, and months
become years, and years
become decades, planning
for the future takes on a dif-
ferent look. Instead of sav-
ing for retirement 4 you are
in it, carefully spending the
money you hopefully put
aside earlier, or depending on
your Social Security to live.
Medicare has kicked in and
annually you are trying to find
the best deal for supplemental
gap insurance and drug cover-
age, or perhaps switching to a
Medicare Advantage plan.
By Jim Cornelius
Editor in Chief
PHOTO BY JAY MATHER
Jay Mather captured a glorious moonset over Sisters Country from Cline Buttes.
See HOUSING on page 25
Correspondent
The new executive
director of Sisters Park &
Recreation District, Jennifer
Holland, has set an impres-
sive goal: to work at continu-
ing to improve SPRD until it
<becomes exceptional.=
Holland brings 17 years
of parks and rec experi-
ence from her former work
at Willamalane Park and
Recreation in Springfield
where her last job was as
the program manager of the
Bob Keefer Center for Sports
and Recreation. Her experi-
ence includes work with both
youth and adult programming
as well as the operations of
the center.
After less than a month on
the job, Holland has identified
several initial broad areas on
which she wants to focus.
<I want to build the
Inside...
The Deschutes County
District Attorney9s Office
removed the charge of bur-
glary in connection with a
break-in that occurred in
Sisters in the early hours of
Monday, September 9.
Deputies arrested Ryan
Paul Huber, 43, of Sisters,
after he allegedly kicked in
the back door of a home on
West Carson Avenue in the
See CHARGES on page 30
Holland takes the
helm at SPRD
By Sue Stafford
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stability of the organization
as well as grow our relation-
ships with our partners. While
doing that, we can take a look
at how best to leverage our
resources,= Holland indicated.
She went on to say that
for a small district, <The
breadth of programming is
impressive.=
Her <to-do list= is long
and varied, including looking
at the district9s cost recov-
ery methodology in order
to set fees in preparation for
the new budget process. She
looks forward to meeting with
community groups, service
organizations, and commu-
nity members to better under-
stand the needs of the com-
munity while sharing how the
district has been fulfilling the
needs identified in last May9s
local option levy approved by
the voters.
Volunteers restore century-old lookout
By Cody Rheault
Correspondent
A group of volunteers
has spent the recent weeks
restoring the near-century-
old fire lookout atop Black
-6 cupola,
Butte. The old D-6
n 1922, has
originally built in
gained new life through the
hands and efforts s of local
ermined
volunteers determined
d look-
to restore the old
iginal
out to its near-original
state.
Initial efforts to restore
the lookout began under
the supervision of the for-
mer Sisters Ranger District
archeologist Matt Mawhirter.
Over the years supplies such
as cedar shingles, window-
panes, and other
constructio
construction ele-
ments were trans-
t the
ported to
summ for
summit
repai
repairs. And
through-
ou
out those
years the cupola has been
patched up 4 but nature9s
elements have been getting
the final say.
Mike Boero, the current
Sisters Ranger District arche-
ologist, says he9s impressed
the structure has lasted.
<These weren9t meant to
last this long,= he said.
Only three years away
from its centennial, the
cupola resembles the design
See RESTORATION on page 26
PHOTO BY CODY RHEAULT
See HOLLAND on page 10
Volunteers have been restoring the nearly 100-year-old cupola fire lookout on the top of Black Butte.
Letters/Weather ................ 2 Announcements ................12 Bull by Bull ...................... 14 Your Story Matters ........... 19 Classifieds .................. 27-28
Meetings ........................... 3 Entertainment ..................13 Of a Certain Age .......... 16-24 Crossword ....................... 26 Real Estate .................29-32