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10 Wednesday, September 25, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Community focuses on public safety Five establishments sold to minor decoy By Sue Stafford Correspondent Sgt. William Bailey, Deschutes County Sheriff9s Office public information officer, and Ryan Seeley, local community monitor, were invited guests to the September 16 <Let9s Talk 3 Public Safety,= sponsored by Citizens4Community. The evening was full of conversation from residents with a variety of viewpoints. One concern on which the group seemed to agree had to do with the lack of activities for teenagers during the sum- mer and off-school hours. People are worried about underage drinking and prob- lems caused by teens with too much time on their hands or out after curfew. There was conversa- tion around contracting for police services versus having Sisters9 own law enforcement department. Sgt. Bailey provided background information and answered a number of ques- tions, including some having to do with response times for calls. He explained that the 20 minutes it took for an officer to respond to a call regarding a home invasion in Sisters on September 9 (see <Charges reduced in home intru- sion incident,= The Nugget, September 18, page 1) was due to the fact the officer on duty had just ended his shift and a different officer had to come from another jurisdic- tion like Redmond. Bailey said the county- wide average response time is 9 to 13 minutes. The contract between the City of Sisters and the DCSO requires 480 hours of service a month. Sgt. Bailey reported that most months officers are available 600-700 hours. Bailey said the DCSO appreciates it when citizens call to report strange occur- rences, possible dangerous activity, or crimes in prog- ress. He repeated several times that reporting is good, but he said it is essential to let the officers do the police work. Ryan Seeley said that because of his love for the community, he gives back by providing community watch in the later evening and early morning hours in his car. He has an amiable working relationship with the depu- ties responsible for patrolling Sisters and contacts them immediately when he comes across a crime in progress or a potential problem. Seeley reported he thinks <the depu- ties are a great team and do a great job.= The non-emergency number for the DCSO is 541-693-6911. The next C4C event will be a public forum on Thursday, October 24, at the fire hall, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., addressing freedom of speech with a panel of local citizens including a journalist, attor- ney, pastor, educator, and pri- vate business-owner. Have a story idea for The Nugget? NuggetNews.com US HELP! TIME TO START PLANNING FOR 2020. LET 541-549-3172 1-800-752-8540 704 W. Hood Ave., Sisters SEPT. 14-DEC. 9, 2019 SISTERS LANDSCAPE CO. 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The spokesman said that OLCC does not think of the decoy operations as a <sting.= <Our goal is not to trip these licensees up, but to encourage them to come back into compliance,= he said. The goal, Van Sickle said, is <to ensure public safety.= Classifieds are online at Outlaws to host bingo night October 1 The Outlaws will host a family-friendly evening in Sisters Country with Outlaws Together Bingo, sched- uled for Tuesday, October 1. Doors open at 5 p.m. for dinner and Bingo starts at 6:30 p.m. in the Sisters High School Commons (1700 W. McKinney Butte Rd). Eleven games are $15 and Family 4 Packs for $50 4 including Bingo Blackout with a grand prize of $500. All proceeds benefit the Sisters School District ath- letics department. The com- munity dinner for the night is mac & cheese for $4. For more information on Outlaws Together events, contact Gary Thorson at 541- 549-4050 or gary.thorson@ ssd6.org . Five Sisters-area liquor licensees sold alcohol to a minor decoy during an Ore- gon Liquor Control Com- mission (OLCC) operation conducted late last month, the agency reported last week. Eighteen businesses were visited on August 29, and five of them allegedly sold to the minor decoy 4 resulting in a 72 percent compliance rate across Sisters. Those who sold to the minor are: Sisters Saloon & Ranch Grill; Space Age Gas; BimBap Asian Kitchen; Eurosports and Cas- cade Laser Tag. The 13 that did not sell to the minor were Bi-Mart; Sis- ters 76; Philadelphia Steaks & Hoagies; Takoda9s; Ray9s Food Place; The Gallery Res- taurant and Bar; Sisters Main- line Station; Martolli9s of Sis- ters Authentic Hand Tossed 541-549-3001 sisterslandscape@gmail.com Lic. & Bonded LCB #6708 Visit our Sisters showroom at 141 E. Cascade Ave. #202 541-588-6201 A division of Lakeview Millworks or visit our website BestVueBlinds.com