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The Nugget Vol. XLIII No. 4 P OSTAL CUSTOMER News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon www.NuggetNews.com Wednesday, January 22, 2020 Shootout!... District to tighten policies on coaching PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15 Sisters history and art on display By Jim Cornelius By Helen Schmidling Editor in Chief Correspondent B r i t t a n y a n d To m Niebergall continue to coach varsity girls basketball at Sisters High School, and the District will revise its hiring protocols and coaching prac- tices and policies in an effort to ensure that all student ath- letes have a positive experi- ence in their sports. Those were the out- comes of a five-hour hear- ing before the Sisters School Board on Thursday, January 16, addressing an investiga- tion into concerns of several Sisters parents regarding coaching in the Sisters High School girls basketball pro- gram. The investigation was conducted in response to a It9s not the New Hampshire Primary, or even the Iowa Caucus, but voters in Sisters Country are heading to the little ballot box in the Sisters Library. Voting ends on Friday, January 24. The results will determine this year9s People9s Choice Awards at the library9s Annual Art Exhibit, sponsored by the Friends of Sisters Library. Results will be announced during a reception in the library from 6 to 7:30 p.m., with hors d9oeuvres and beverages, coinciding with the Sisters Arts Association9s Fourth Friday Artwalk. Across town, the Artwalk starts at 4 p.m., so folks will have plenty of time to look PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK Reese Moore drives for Outlaws 5th grade boys during Sisters Shootout. The annual event offers fun and competition for youth basketball players from across the region. See COACHING on page 26 See HISTORY on page 24 Sisters has a new Eagle Scout Remembering Sisters woman at sentencing By Jim Cornelius Editor-in-Chief Judge Wells Ashby told a packed and solemn court- room on Tuesday, January 14, that no sentence can <prop- erly honor Jenny Cashwell or square the ledger on her death.= Alan Peter Porciello, 37, shot and killed Cashwell after a date on January 12, 2019, in his apartment in Bend. Porciello pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in the killing, which occurred when, as he told police, he was <being facetious, acting like I was going to shoot her, and accidentally did.= On January 14, the judge sentenced Porciello to nine years in prison with 12 months of post-prison Inside... By Jim Anderson Correspondent supervision. Any firearms and ammunition that he possessed are to be forfeited and he is to have no weapons of any kind after release. In a statement to the court, Porciello said, <I take 100 percent responsibility, because I broke the cardinal rule of gun (handling)& I am so very sorry, from the bottom of my heart.= Family and friends of Cashwell did not speak at the sentencing hearing 4 but many people in the Sisters community wrote letters to Judge Ashby describing the impact Cashwell had on their lives. The judge told Deputy District Attorney Dan Reesor that he had read <every single one.= See CASHWELL on page 24 Letters/Weather .........................2 Meetings ....................................3 When an Eagle Scout can- didate gets it into his head that he wants to do a com- munity project, get out of his way 4 or be prepared to give him a hand. Austen Heuberger, a Sisters High School junior member of Boy Scout Troop 188 was hiking around on the common area of Junipine Acres where he lives when he thought, <Gee whiz, there9s no information about the boundaries of the prop- erty, places for wildlife viewing, seasonal closures or historical notes around here. I wonder if the residents of Junipine would like to have some kiosks along here and make this a trail&= He consulted with Gretchen Matos who, in part- nership with her husband, Announcements ........................ 10 Entertainment ...........................11 PHOTO BY ERIC LIDDELL Austen Heuberger standing next to one of the three kiosks he built and installed on Junipine Acres common areas for his Eagle Scout project. Gary, are part of the Common Area Committee of Junipine Acres, and they lit upon an idea to create an informational kiosk, and away they went. <When we moved to Focus on Health ...................13-20 Crossword ................................ 27 Junipine Acres (north of Sisters) we knew we had found a special place. Land, beautiful ponderosa pines See EAGLE SCOUT on page 25 Classifieds .......................... 28-30 Real Estate ......................... 30-32