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Wednesday, November 11, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Library funding
measure wins approval
By Jim Cornelius
Editor in Chief
Sisters Library will see
upgrades and expansion in
the coming years in the wake
of voter approval of Measure
9-139 on the November
ballot.
The measure won 52 per-
cent of the vote to pass.
The expansion of Sisters
Library is among multiple
projects envisioned for the
$195 million bond fund-
ing, which will also include
construction of a new main
library.
The Sisters projects will
provide more open and
flexible spaces for commu-
nity uses from after-school
tutoring to craft activities
to book-club gatherings
and small-business meeting
space.
Linda Davis, a Sisters
resident who sits on the
Deschutes Public Library
District Board of Directors,
said the voter approval vali-
dates six years of planning
work.
<Of course I9m thrilled,
as is the board,= she said.
The timeline of the proj-
ects has yet to be fully laid
out. Davis expects that time-
line to be clearer after the
board meets this week.
<I think it9s possible that
the smaller branches will see
their improvements before
the big building is built,
because they are smaller and
more manageable projects,=
she said.
I think it’s possible that
the smaller branches will
see their improvements
before the big building
is built, because they
are smaller and more
manageable projects.
— Linda Davis
CORRECTION
Sisters Middle School
hopes to have fifth-graders
return to in-person instruc-
tion by November 30 at the
earliest.
A story in last week9s
Nugget (<Sisters students
in grades 4-6 may return to
school soon, The Nugget,
November 4, page 1) indi-
cated a potential start date of
November 10 for fifth-grad-
ers, which was in error.
Fourth graders are sched-
uled to return to Sisters
Elementary on Tuesday,
November 10.
Plans for the new library
and branch improvements
had been polling at 80 per-
cent approval when the
Library District initially
proposed its plans. The
board had delayed going
to the voters when the
coronavirus pandemic hit,
unsure of how the public-
health crisis would effect
the economy and people9s
outlook.
<We decided that the
worst thing that could hap-
pen 4 with all the work
we9d done 4 is that they
would say 8no9,= Davis said.
As it turned out, voters
said <yes= by a comfort-
able margin, allowing the
Library District to move
forward with plans that will
carry it well into the 21st
century.
Focused effort…
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Outlaws soccer continued its adjusted season last week.