Wednesday, August 19, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Group working on
community website
Citizens for Community
(C4C), and the Community
Website Partnership have
teamed up to create a
community-driven web-
site called Sisters Country
Community Connects. The
website will be a one-stop-
shop for all things Sisters
and its community.
It is intended to cre-
ate awareness, connect and
engage organizations and
people. The website will be
a place to access volunteers
from around the community.
It will also strive to create a
place to connect with orga-
nizations and businesses as
well as the media.
The partnership is being
run by community build-
ers from different orga-
nizations around Sisters
Country. Leadership team
members include people
from the City of Sisters,
Sisters Area Chamber
of Commerce, Central
Oregon Intergovernmental
Council (COIC), Vision
I m p l e m e n t a t i o n Te a m
(VIT), executive committee,
fire district, school district,
park and recreation district,
church, and several non-
profit organizations.
The group is hoping to
launch the website in a few
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months time.
Churches, nonprofits,
government agencies, clubs
and businesses are invited to
participate in the community
website as partners/users,
inputting their own informa-
tion into the website.
The Community Website
Partnership and Citizens 4
Community are looking to
organizations and businesses
in Sisters for feedback on
what they want from a com-
munity website.
Volunteers are being
sought to help create and
manage the website. Tasks
include: creation of content,
editing, monitoring of web-
site features/areas (calendar,
directory, news, volunteer
recruitment, etc).
As partners welcomed
into the Community Website
Partnership, a value of
$8,500 in Hub team time,
talent, and expertise and
Ford Family Foundation
funding will be committed
to Sisters Country. C4C will
serve as the financial spon-
sor to launch the website,
contributing $1,200 towards
the project.
People who want to get
involved should contact C4C
at citizens4community@
gmail.com.
— Last Week’s Puzzle Solved —
Vehicles getting towed
at crowded rec areas
PORTLAND (AP) 4
Public officials in Oregon and
Washington have a warning
for people visiting trailheads
and recreation areas across
the region: park illegally
and you might get towed.
The U.S. Forest Service
tweeted a photo Thursday
showing a car being towed
from a trailhead parking area
in the Mount Hood National
Forest, saying law enforce-
ment agencies would ticket
and tow parked vehicles
that pose a danger to pub-
lic safety, The Oregonian/
OregonLive reported.
Earlier in the week, the
Clackamas County Sheriff9s
Office said 16 cars were
towed for parking illegally
at a popular stretch of the
Clackamas River in Oregon.
Forest Service and state
park officials said Friday
that while illegal parking is
nothing new, it9s been a big-
ger problem this summer as
huge crowds flock to natural
areas across the region amid
the coronavirus pandemic.
<We don9t tow away cars
lightly,= said Heather Ibsen,
spokeswoman for the Mount
Hood National Forest.
<They9re not towing just to
make a point, they9re towing
to help make sure an ambu-
lance can get through.=
Even state parks with
sizable lots have been over-
crowded, particularly on the
north Oregon coast. Chris
Havel, spokesperson for the
Oregon Parks and Recreation
Department, said it9s worse
than they have ever seen it.
Agencies have been tell-
ing the public to avoid recre-
ating at peak days and hours,
if possible, and to come with
backup plans or go home if
there9s nowhere safe to park.
Catherine Caruso,
spokesperson for the U.S.
Forest Service in the Pacific
Northwest, said along with
illegal parking at recreation
areas, rangers have also seen
more litter and trash left
behind, and are increasingly
concerned about human-
caused wildfires as camp-
grounds continue to fill and
trailheads remain busier than
ever.
<We9re really happy to
have so much interest and
so many people out enjoying
the forests,= Caruso said. But
while you9re out there, <take
some personal responsibility
and do the right thing.=
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