The Nugget
Vol. XLIII No. 8
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Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Chess youth
excelled at
tournament
The joy of music...
By Jodi Schneider
Correspondent
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Sisters Elementary School students explored the history of classical music in the play “Compose Yourself” last week. See story, page 4.
On Wednesday mornings at
Sisters Middle School (SMS)
you can find a classroom full
of attentive K-12 kids trans-
fixed by a vinyl chessboard.
These students are improving
their thinking and problem-
solving skills while having
fun playing the board game of
strategy. There you can find
Jennifer King, the Outlaw
Chess Club9s facilitator.
See CHESS on page 22
Chamber, City negotiate Rescuing raptors poses challenges
future marketing funding
By Carol Statton
Correspondent
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
The City of Sisters and
the Sisters Area Chamber
of Commerce are plotting
a course into the future for
marketing Sisters as a tourist
destination.
The contract between
the City and the Chamber is
expiring on June 30, 2020.
Negotiations have begun to
craft a new visitor information
and marketing contract with
the Chamber serving as the
destination marketing orga-
nization (DMO) and Sisters
Country Visitors Bureau.
Pursuant to state law and
the Sisters City Code, the
City receives transient room
tax (TRT) revenues paid by
occupants of transient lodg-
ing facilities located within
the city. State law requires
See FUNDING on page 23
Principal accepts new
position in district
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
After nine years as the
principal of Sisters High
School, Joe Hosang has
accepted a newly realigned
position for the Sisters School
District. He will be work-
ing as the director of human
resources and also director of
curriculum.
In an announcement
Inside...
delivered via e-mail Friday,
February 14 to school dis-
trict staff, Superintendent
Curtiss Scholl said, <After
the human resource and cur-
riculum director position
closed, we screened the can-
didates and there was one top
candidate. This candidate was
interviewed earlier this week,
and Joe Hosang has accepted
See HOSANG on page 14
Life in Central Oregon
provides amazing opportuni-
ties to observe wildlife on a
daily basis. There are many
parts of the United States
where one would never have
the opportunity to see some-
thing as magnificent as an
eagle, hawk, owl or other
member of the raptor fam-
ily. In Sisters, we share life
with these creatures and
moments of observation can
occur while strolling through
a neighborhood, hiking on
trails, driving from one loca-
tion to another or just being
home.
Living in close proximity
also creates dangers for these
birds, as well as the neces-
sity to act on their behalf
where one does get injured.
Civilization continues to
expand into once open and
undeveloped spaces, and
there are times when our
presence in this natural world
has unintended impacts.
One morning, just a few
weeks ago, an injured great
horned owl was spotted
along Hwy 126 just outside
of Sisters. Possibly hit by a
car, it appeared that this owl
had sustained a disabling
wing injury. Timing is every-
thing when trying to save a
PHOTO BY CAROL STATTON
“Hope” is a great horned owl found injured along Hwy 126 near Cline Falls
and who was successfully rescued, rehabilitated and released in 2018.
life; timing and the ability to
keep an eye on where they
might move to while help is
on the way.
Within a short time after
being spotted, a call was
made to Gary and Kellie
Landers of Wild Wings
Raptor Rehabilitation of
Central Oregon, located in
Sisters.
The Landers respond to
calls like this throughout the
year, and one of the most
See RAPTORS on page 21
Letters/Weather ............................ 2 Announcements ............................10 Obituaries ....................................12 Classifieds .............................. 19-20
Meetings ....................................... 3 Entertainment .............................. 11 Crossword ....................................18 Real Estate ..............................21-24