The Nugget
Vol. XLII No. 51
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Sisters
celebrates
newest
Habitat
home
Krista Palmer and her
two sons, Nick and Nate,
are the latest in a long line
of new Sisters Habitat for
Humanity homeowners. A
dedication ceremony was
held on Sunday, December
8, attended by approximately
75 people including friends,
Habitat volunteers and
supporters.
Palmer thanked supporters
who volunteered many hours
to help her reach her goal 4
including Compass Church of
Bend, coworkers from Sisters
Western Title & Escrow, and
many friends from Sisters and
Bend.
<My parents came for a
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
Dancers journey out ‘One Winter’s Night’ ...
Correspondent
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
The Sisters Dance Academy marked the season with their annual dance recital at Sisters High
School Auditorium on Saturday, December 14. The Intermediate Hip Hop class (13- to 14-year-
olds) performed a song called “X.” See story, page 11.
Friday the 13th turned
out to be a day of good for-
tune at the Sisters Kiwanis
Club Food Bank. OnPoint
Community Credit Union
representatives Steve Wymer
and Rocky Johnson were in
town to present a check for
$10,000 to support the Food
Bank.
Wymer, regional director
for OnPoint, said they are set
up to work with communi-
ties like Sisters.
<OnPoint knows when
we all work together, dona-
tions are increased. We try to
bridge the gap in funding to
help support communities,=
he said.
Johnson, chairman of
the board for OnPoint, was
happy to be in Sisters to
spread some holiday and
New Year cheer.
<Both Steve and I saw
Inside...
Residents of Sisters
Country can rightfully take
pride in the Sisters-Camp
Sherman Rural Fire Protection
District that their tax dollars
support.
The numbers in the 2018
Annual Report paint the pic-
ture of a well-run, profes-
sional, financially stable com-
munity asset, meeting the var-
ious fire prevention services
and protection needs of the
community, as well as playing
a major role as a community
healthcare provider.
See FIRE DISTRICT on page 15
Sisters Kiwanis Food
Bank gets big boost
Correspondent
Fire district
leads on
public
safety in
Sisters
By Sue Stafford
See HABITAT on page 31
By Kema Clark
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a need here in Sisters and
immediately wanted to
help,= he said.
Doug Wills, president of
the Kiwanis Club of Sisters,
was very thankful, since 75
percent of the donations the
Food Bank receives come
in October, November and
December.
Tom Hespe, Food Bank
coordinator for the Kiwanis
Club, stated they have tried
different promotions to
encourage everyone in the
community to give through-
out the year, but nothing has
really caught on to help them
provide for clients who need
them.
<Monthly we get about
130 families and 30 home-
less citizens. Each family
comes through every two
weeks. That9s 260 fam-
ily visits and about 10,000
pounds of food monthly. The
See KIWANIS on page 30
Chamber celebrates 45 years
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
More than 100 mem-
bers of the Sisters commu-
nity gathered last Thursday
evening at the FivePine
Conference Center to cel-
ebrate this year9s Sisters
Area Chamber of Commerce
annual award-winners.
Chamber Executive
D i r e c t o r J u d y Tr e g o
announced the Chamber is
celebrating its 45th anniver-
sary this year. What began
as the Sisters Organization
of Businesses (SOBs), with
meetings held at a local bar,
has grown into one of the
largest institutional organi-
zations in Sisters with 280
members representing 1,500
employees. A volunteer
nine-member board of direc-
tors oversees the Chamber
activities.
The Business of the Year
award went to Beacham9s
Clock Company, and Citizen
of the Year is Toni Landis
(see related stories pages 24
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Judy Trego, right, presented Toni Landis with the Sisters Area Chamber of
Commerce Citizen of the Year Award.
and 25).
Volunteer of the Year Gary
Frazee is perhaps best known
as the long-serving Public
Works Director for the City
of Sisters until 2007, when he
<retired.=
From 1973, when Frazee
moved to Sisters, he also
owned and operated several
businesses while working at
the City, raised a family, and
still found time for a busy
volunteer career with numer-
ous organizations spanning
over 40 years.
He served as a reserve
officer for the City of Sisters
See AWARDS on page 23
Letters/Weather ................ 2 Obituaries ......................... 5 Entertainment ..................13 Crossword ....................... 25 Real Estate .................29-32
Meetings ........................... 3 Announcements ................12 Kids in Print .....................20 Classifieds ..................26-28 Property Guy .....................31