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Wednesday, June 3, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon SENIORS: School finding ways to honor Class of 2020 Continued from page 1 PHOTO BY TROY SMITH The skies over Sisters grew ominous on Saturday, as mammatus clouds portended big rain. Heavy winds and lightning and thunder rocked the landscape. Areas to the east of Sisters experienced significant damage, including crop losses on farms and ranches. Big thunderstorm rocks region Thunderstorms brought abundant lightning and rain to Central Oregon on Saturday. While Sisters Country mostly escaped the severe damage experienced in Culver, which saw a tor- nado, the area did experience some punishment 4 and some fire starts. Farms and ranches in the Lower Bridge area experi- enced serious impacts from hail, wind and flooding, which caused significant crop loss for some outfits. Lightning sparked at least one fire on the butte above Sisters Airport, and fire- fighters responded to four new incidents, including a one-acre blaze at the Perry South Campground near the Metolius River. While Saturday9s storms brought between a quarter- inch and a half-inch of rain across the region, firefighters expect to continue respond- ing to new incidents in the next couple of weeks as weather heats up and <sleep- ers= ignite. 2008 TOYTOA RAV 4 AWD Year-round FIREWOOD SALES — Kindling — — — SISTERS FOREST PRODUCTS 541-410-4509 SistersForestProducts.com CHECK OUT THIS WEEK’S NUGGET INSERT! Ray’s Food Place Fresh Blueberries, 18 oz. $4.99 Dannon Greek Yogurt 5 for $5, 5.3 oz. selected Laird Original Superfood Creamer, 8 oz. $5.99 Big Island Hawaiian Gingerade, 32 oz. $3.99 Fresh Zucchini $1.99 per lb. Fresh Baked French Bread $2.29 each V-6, one owner, tow/brake package, freshly tuned up. 118K miles. Best Price! No Hassles! CARFAX Certifi ed! Bring us your trade-ins and low-mileage consignments! $ 8,900 Sisters Car Connection <As a staff we pictured this day as being a day that they could at least drive through, see people and wave and say goodbye in some fash- ion,= she said. <As a parent I am really glad they got this opportunity along with the upcoming gradua- tion ceremony at the rodeo grounds.= High school teacher Kristy Rawls said, <Once again it9s the amazing con- tact and relationships that we have with our students that are so important,= she said. <I think the seniors appre- ciated it and it made me equally happy.= Senior Addiegrace Schutte said, <It was cool to see everyone and made me realize how much we actu- ally missed school.= Science teacher Rima Givot is mother to graduat- ing senior George Chladek. She said, <I think this was an opportunity to make a celebration out of get- ting the kids their certifi- cates and collecting their items in a fun, informal way. Just watching their faces it looked like the kids were 25 really happy and excited to see people and they seemed pleasantly surprised. It was so cool that the elemen- tary and middle school staff joined in as well.= Due to Covid-19 restric- tions the class of 2020 will have a unique commence- ment ceremony Friday, June 12 at the Sisters Rodeo grounds. The one-of-a-kind ceremony will take place at the Sisters Rodeo grounds at 7 p.m. We continue to do what we can to honor the class of 2020. — Principal Joe Hosang The plans for the drive-in ceremony, in which gradu- ates and their guests will remain in their cars, are being finalized, according to Hosang. Unlike normal years, the live event will be limited to seniors and their guests4just two cars per graduate, but audio will be broadcast on FM radio 104.7 and the event will be posted online following the ceremony. <We continue to do what we can to honor the class of 2020,= Hosang said. CLIMATE STRIKE SISTERS +g]-ma?kb]Zrlh_^o^krfhgma ,:)0 – -:)0 Intersection of Hwy 20 (Cascade) & Larch Street Sidewalks only – Bring your signs 541-815-7397 192 W. Barclay Dr., Sisters Notice of Budget Hearing Black Butte School District #41 Notice of Budget Hearing Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District