2 Wednesday, June 24, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon O P I N I O N Gratitude for Sisters community spirit Joe Hosang Sisters High School Principal Letters to the Editor… The Nugget welcomes contributions from its readers, which must include the writer9s name, address and phone number. Letters to the Editor is an open forum for the community and contains unsolicited opinions not necessarily shared by the Editor. The Nugget reserves the right to edit, omit, respond or ask for a response to letters submitted to the Editor. Letters should be no longer than 300 words. Unpublished items are not acknowledged or returned. The deadline for all letters is 10 a.m. Monday. To the Editor: I want to thank everyone who helped with the Class of 2020 Street Banner and Keepsake Project. When Citizens4Community brought up the idea with parents and the school, we knew it was important for Sisters to come together to honor our graduating seniors during a tough time because of COVID-19. We were limited as a community in how much we could sup- port our Sisters High School (SHS) seniors at graduation, but we could show our love through these banners. We had no way of knowing C4C would get so much support for the project. This just shows how, as a community, we really are all in this together. I9m a Class of 2021 student, and I had lost a lot of hope for these last couple years of my high school experience. Not knowing if or when I would go back to school has been a scary thought. But after seeing how our community has supported the Class of 2020, I know that, no matter what, it will be a great year. I have gained even more of a love for my commu- nity while watching this banner project hap- pen. We are all facing such tough times right now, and seeing this kind of support from my community truly warms my heart. Olivia Bertagna C4C Youth Board Member s s s To the Editor: As two Sisters High School graduates and community members of color who have returned home before our final year in col- lege, we are saddened by the racism under- girding our nation9s historical and contempo- rary actions towards people of color. The murder of George Floyd by police officers marks only the most recent wrongful See LETTERS on page 15 Sisters Weather Forecast Courtesy of the National Weather Service, Pendleton, Oregon Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Monday Sunday Mostly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Sunny Mostly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Showers 80/51 86/56 91/57 79/47 61/44 65/46 The Nugget Newspaper, LLC Website: www.nuggetnews.com 442 E. Main Ave., P.O. Box 698, Sisters, Oregon 97759 Tel: 541-549-9941 | Email: editor@nuggetnews.com Postmaster: Send address changes to The Nugget Newspaper, P.O. Box 698, Sisters, OR 97759. Third Class Postage Paid at Sisters, Oregon. Editor in Chief: Jim Cornelius Production Manager: Leith Easterling Creative Director: Jess Draper Community Marketing Partner: Vicki Curlett Classifieds & Circulation: Lisa May Owner: J. Louis Mullen The Nugget is mailed to residents within the Sisters School District; subscriptions are available outside delivery area. Third-class postage: one year, $55; six months (or less), $30. First-class postage: one year, $95; six months, $65. Published Weekly. ©2020 The Nugget Newspaper, LLC. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is pro- hibited. All advertising which appears in The Nugget is the property of The Nugget and may not be used without explicit permission. The Nugget Newspaper, LLC. assumes no liability or responsibility for information contained in advertisements, articles, stories, lists, calendar etc. within this publication. All submissions to The Nugget Newspaper will be treated as unconditionally assigned for publication and copyrighting purposes and subject to The Nugget Newspaper9s unrestricted right to edit and comment editorially, that all rights are currently available, and that the material in no way infringes upon the rights of any person. The publisher assumes no responsibility for return or safety of artwork, photos, or manuscripts. When our high school team was told in April that we would not be returning to school for the rest of the year, our hearts sank for the seniors. There were literally tears from a number of us. This lasted for about two days, and then we began to rally. We had ideas of how to celebrate our graduates com- ing from everywhere, and we put together a core team of Lynne Fendall, Jillian Frankl, and Mel Petterson to collect ideas for a few weeks. These three were the heart, soul, and energy of graduation. While we were collecting ideas for graduation, a two- person team, Lynne Fendall and Mel Peterson purchased