The Nugget
Vol. XLII No. 44
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Traffic
leads local
concerns
about
public
safety
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Open
houses
focus on
wilderness
permits
A home in Sisters...
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
Traffic is the biggest pub-
lic safety concern of local res-
idents, and they9re willing to
pay more to enhance local law
enforcement services. That9s
according to results of a sur-
vey conducted last summer by
the City of Sisters.
City Manager Cory Misley
recently released an execu-
tive summary, in which he
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
The Neal Family broke ground on their future Sisters Habitat for Humanity home on Desert Rose Loop.
See PUBLIC SAFETY on page 16
Correspondent
Over a hundred local citi-
zens gathered last Thursday
evening for a panel presen-
tation and group discussion
about the significance of the
First Amendment to the U. S.
Constitution:
<Congress shall make no
law respecting an establish-
ment of religion, or prohibit-
ing the free exercise thereof;
or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press, or the
right of the people peaceably
to assemble, and to petition
the Government for a redress
of grievances.=
The moderator for the
evening was Christopher
Van Dyke, attorney, former
assistant attorney general
of Oregon, and the son of
comedian and actor Dick Van
Dyke. He told the audience
his teachers had described
him as <verbally energetic.=
Van Dyke issued a call for
civility in this age of <digital
Inside...
The Deschutes National
Forest will host two open
houses in November for the
public to learn more about the
proposed special recreation
permit fee structure for the
limited-entry system, which
will be implemented next
year in the Mt. Jefferson, Mt.
Washington, and Three Sisters
wilderness areas.
The public comment
period for the proposed spe-
cial recreation permit fee
began on October 9 and will
end on November 25.
The first open house
See PERMITS on page 25
Sisters speaks out
on First Amendment
By Sue Stafford
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amplification,= where peo-
ple9s speech can become
aggressive and threatening,
and yet censorship runs the
risk of controlling and mar-
ginalizing certain people
or groups. He believes our
democracy is at stake if we
can9t maintain civil discourse.
He asked the audience to con-
sider, <It9s not what you can
say, rather what you should
say.=
A four-member panel then
individually discussed the
tenets of the First Amendment
from their particular perspec-
tives 4 legal, journalistic,
religious, and literary.
Local retired attorney Pete
Shepherd, who practiced law
in Salem and Eugene, and
as part of the Department
of Environmental Quality,
shared that he earned the name
<Long Wind= in his work
with the tribes. Despite the
moniker, he provided a suc-
cinct and very understandable
See FREE SPEECH on page 24
Volleyball squad crowned co-champs
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
The Lady Outlaws battled
Sweet Home, the No.1 team
in the Oregon West League,
in a grueling two-and-a-
half hour five-set match on
Monday, October 21, and
pulled off an extraordinary
win to finish league as co-
champions with the Lady
Huskies.
Prior to the match, seniors
Sam Silva, Addy Myhre, and
Maddison Anderson were
showered with flowers and
gifts from friends and family.
Tension was high as
Sisters (No. 4 in the state)
and Sweet Home (No. 2 in
state) prepared to battle one
last time in league play. The
first set was intense, and
filled with long, hard-fought
rallies, incredible digs, kills,
and blocks at the net. It was
close the entire way, with
neither team able to gain
more than a three-point
advantage. With the Outlaws
down 22-23, Greta Davis
made a powerful kill that the
Huskies didn9t have a chance
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
The Outlaws celebrated an intense five-set victory over rival Sweet Home,
which earned them co-champion status in league play.
to return, and the score was
tied 23-23. It evened up again
at 24-24, 25-25, and 26-26,
as neither team was able to
get the two-point spread for
the win.
At that moment, and to
everyone9s surprise, Sophie
Silva ran off the court and
into the hallway. The ref-
eree had already whistled
for the serve, so the Outlaws
were out of rotation and the
Huskies were awarded a
point and took a one-point
advantage, 26-27. Later,
Coach Rory Rush explained
to The Nugget what had
happened.
<Sophie felt sick and
rushed off and actually threw
up. I told her later she should
have just puked on the floor,
and it would have saved us
a point,= Rush jokingly said
with a smile.
See VOLLEYBALL on page 22
Letters/Weather ................ 2 Announcements ................12 Outlaw Calendar ...............17 Crossword ....................... 25 Real Estate .................28-32
Meetings ........................... 3 Entertainment ..................13 Kids in Print ..................... 18 Classifieds .................. 26-27 Sisters Salutes ................30