Wednesday, October 14, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
ARCHITECT: Steele
Associates team has
strong ties to Sisters
Proponent for social justice runs for council
By Sue Stafford
Continued from page 3
Correspondent
this project,= said Steele
founder Scott Steele.
The architect noted that
the project has particular res-
onance for the team involved.
<We understand how
important the new facilities
are to the USFS, the City of
Sisters, and the region, and
we intend to work very hard
to make it a great process and
project for all,= Steele said.
<It9s a special project for us
because both Michael Sawiel
(Steele designer) and I were
born and raised in Sisters.
Though my family moved to
Bend was I was 6, Michael9s
stayed and he graduated from
Sisters High School. In addi-
tion, Steele Project Manager
Adam Stephen and I have
worked on prior USFS proj-
ects and really enjoy working
with them, and we can9t wait
to begin work on this exciting
facility.=
Sisters District Ranger
Ian Reid said, <The Forest
Service would like to con-
gratulate Steele Associates
Architects on their selection
to design the new Sisters
Ranger District administra-
tive site. Steele Associates
has strong ties to Sisters, as
well as previous experience
designing Forest Service
buildings in Central Oregon.
We9re really excited to work
with Steele Associates and
the City of Sisters to design
a new ranger station that will
support the community for
generations to come.=
Steele Associates also
designed Sisters High
School.
A proponent for social
justice, 22-year old Elizabeth
Fisher was born and raised in
Central Oregon, living first
in Redmond and then mov-
ing with her family to Sisters,
where she spent nine years in
Sisters schools.
Fisher received her
Bachelor of Science in
Chemical Engineering in 2020
from Oregon State University.
She followed the bioengi-
neering track in college and
is currently sending out job
applications in the biotech
and pharmaceutical fields.
For enjoyment she likes
spending time with books,
both reading and listening
on audio. She has worked as
an instructor at Sisters Park
& Recreation District and as
a research assistant while at
OSU.
Fisher is the founder of the
Sisters group called Fight for
Social Justice, which has been
seen recently on Saturdays
demonstrating against racism
on the corner of East Cascade
Avenue and North Locust
Street. Fisher explained that
when she was growing up,
she didn9t realize there were
societal inequities because
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everything in her life was
fine. With the Black Lives
Matter movement and recent
publicized killings of George
Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and
others, she has felt compelled
to stand up and speak up for
justice for all.
<This is where I can stand
up and so I do,= she told The
Nugget.
Fisher sees her potential
role as a councilor would be
to make sure she gets a full
understanding of the issues
that are important to the citi-
zens so she could fully repre-
sent them.
<It9s not my job to impose
my beliefs, but rather to facili-
tate the community9s wishes,=
she said.
She is running to <hope-
fully amplify the wishes of
those citizens under 30, the
undocumented, the LBGTQ
community, and others who
are often overlooked when
decisions are being made.=
She believes she can offer
a fresh perspective. She
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hard worker.
Fisher has been listening
to the City Council meetings
via the internet, has read the
City Charter, and looked into
the current Comprehensive
Plan, which will be updated
in 2020-21.
The lack of affordable
housing is an issue Fisher
believes needs to be more
widely addressed.
<I would like the City to
make it a possibility for peo-
ple to afford living in Sisters,=
she said.
She feels fortunate to cur-
rently be living in a trailer on
her parents9 property with her
orange tabby cat, Charlie.
Something Fisher would
like to have seen done differ-
ently by the current Council
was the manner in which
the new public safety con-
tract was negotiated with the
Deschutes County Sheriff9s
Office. She thinks citizens
should have been involved in
the process. She would like
to see no Blue Lives Matter
symbols on the deputies9 cars
and uniforms, saying they
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<It is inevitable that Sisters
is going to grow. I would like
us to develop a sustainable
growth plan, being intentional
in our planning,= she said.
<I would like to see us being
more creative in better use of
our space.=
She would like to see pres-
ervation of green spaces, while
giving people places to live.
Fisher said, <My job would
be to fight for the under-rep-
resented. I vow, if elected, to
listen to any thoughts, ideas,
or grievances. I will listen
more than I talk.=
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