Wednesday, August 12, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
LETTERS
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Some other executive actions: Return jobs to U.S. (can-
cel/change trade agreements); health coverage of pre-existing
conditions/right-to-try med for terminally ill; defer student
loan payments and cancel interest/increase unemployment;
end & make retroactive payroll taxes from July 1 through
2020 for those earning less than $100,000 (make permanent
if win re-election); force Big Pharma to lower prescription
prices; allow vets to see doctors outside VA; facilitate jobs
returning to U.S.; fund U.S. drug manufacturing.
By 2020 Blacks, Hispanics, Asians enjoyed lowest-ever
unemployment and most new jobs went to women, improve
rural healthcare access, $12 billion to farmers for former
unfair trade practices.
Sharon Scott, Former Dem
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Rimrock Ranch is one of the most iconic spots in Sisters Country.
Deschutes Land Trust has purchased 1,123 acres of ranch land along
Whychus Creek northeast of Sisters.
RANCH: Deschutes Land
Trust will preserve
habitat along creek
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face of a changing climate.
The Land Trust is devel-
oping a management plan
for Rimrock Ranch to
guide future stewardship.
Initial plans include work-
ing with restoration partners
to restore the historic wet
meadows along Whychus
Creek, which were damaged
by past flood control efforts.
We hope to begin this work
in 2021 and ultimately return
the creek and its floodplain
to a healthy, biologically-
diverse condition.
Rimrock Ranch will
remain private property and
is accessible to the pub-
lic only through the Land
Trust9s guided Walk + Hike
program. The Land Trust
will resume tours once pan-
demic conditions improve.
Along with all who have
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contributed to the Campaign
for Whychus Creek, the
Land Trust would like to
thank McKenzie River Trust
for partnering with us in
the long-term stewardship
of Rimrock Ranch. We also
thank the Oregon Watershed
Enhancement Board and
the Pelton Round Butte
Mitigation Fund for their
generous help in conserving
Rimrock Ranch forever.
SPORTS: Athletes
will have to adapt
to changes
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level. We need everything
back 4 band, choir, all the
art activities. I am looking
forward to seeing our com-
munity getting out of this
mess we are in.=
He added, <We will learn
more about what we can do
in the fall in the next few
weeks.=
Under the plan, <Season
Two= is when OSAA com-
petitions will begin, on
December 28, with the tradi-
tional winter sports, includ-
ing basketball, wrestling and
swimming. Those sports will
conclude the first week of
March.
Next up in <Season
Three= will be traditional
<fall= sports 4 cross country,
football, soccer, and volley-
ball 4 which will run from
February 22 to late April
with some championships
dipping into the first week of
May. <Season Four= includ-
ing traditional spring sports
4 track and field, baseball,
softball, tennis and golf 4
will finish out the year, run-
ning from April 19 to as late
as June 26.
Thorson was not surprised
by the OSAA9s decision.
<It was pretty much what
most of us expected them to
do. There is no perfect plan
when you have to face what
we are facing today, and
while there are challenges to
face in this plan I think the
OSAA did a good job on it,=
he said.
While Thorson likes the
hope of having sports back,
he knows that the plan will
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bring new challenges.
<The overlaps will be
tough on the athletes and
coaches that are falling into
back-to-back seasons and I
have some concerns about
snow and facilities for the
fall sports and the time they
are being played,= he said.
<We will find a way and get
creative in dealing with these
and other issues. We have
been resilient to smoke and
snow in the past and we will
maneuver this as well.=
Championship formats
and specific dates have not
yet been finalized according
to the OSAA9s press release.
Activities under the
OSAA umbrella including
dance and drill, cheerleading,
band, choir, and speech that
do not fall under these estab-
lished seasons will also have
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The overlaps will be
tough on the athletes
and coaches that are
falling into back-to-back
seasons and I have some
concerns about snow
and facilities for the fall
sports and the time they
are being played.
— Gary Thorsen
championship dates desig-
nated in the near future.
A complete document
detailing each season9s plan
along with other information
is available on the OSAA
website, which is available at
www.osaa.org.
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