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4 Wednesday, January 13, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Commentary... COCC professor earns prestigious award City of Sisters bulletin By Cory Misley City Manager Central Oregon Community College (COCC) English profes- sor Stacey Donohue, Ph.D., was selected to receive the Modern Language Association9s 2020 Francis Andrew March Award, a national postsecondary honor that recognizes distin- guished service to the profes- sion of English. Donohue was to receive the award at a January 9 vir- tual ceremony. Named for the nation9s first postsecondary English professor, who taught at Lafayette College, the Francis Andrew March Award honors the English scholar and teacher <who accepts responsibility for strengthening the life and work of departments, the field and the English studies community considered as a whole.= Past recipients have included scholars from such institutions as Stanford University and Smith College. <It is highly unusual for a community college pro- fessor to receive the Francis Andrew March Award,= said Annemarie Hamlin, Ph.D., instructional dean at COCC. <In the 33-year history of the award, Stacey is only the third recipient from a com- munity college.= The MLA9s member- ship is largely comprised of four-year colleges and universities. <Stacey shares the roster with eminent scholars and leaders from Ivy League institutions and major public universities, and her work has been every bit as essen- tial to the organization as the PHOTO PROVIDED Stacey Donohue of COCC received the Modern Language Association’s 2020 Francis Andrew March Award. work of those luminaries,= Hamlin said. Donohue, a faculty mem- ber at COCC since 1995, has served the discipline through leadership, mentorship and participation with organiza- tions such as the MLA 4 including as a national teach- ing institute facilitator 4 for many years. <She9s helped shaped the discipline on the local and national landscapes,= said Hamlin. In 2018, Donohue received the Association for Women in Community Colleges9 College Excellence Award and its Carolyn DesJardins Leadership Award. As we welcome 2021, it is important to remem- ber the simple things to be thankful for in life. Even one of the essen- tial components of both our physical health and eco- nomic livelihood can some- times be overlooked. The City is responsible for the planning, financing, con- struction, and maintenance of the water system that provides some of the best municipal drinking water anywhere. Everything from homes, schools, businesses, and firefighting require clean, reliable, and adequate water pressure and volume constantly at the tap. We are very fortunate for the qual- ity and quantity of our water natural resource. At the same time, it has taken, and will continue to take, strate- gic investment and steward- ship by the City year after year to sustain this service and resource. The City Council at the beginning of every calendar year establishes goals and key projects for the upcom- ing fiscal year (July 1-June 30). The Council contin- ues to prioritize and invest in essential infrastructure, which among other projects currently includes designing, drilling, and constructing the City9s fourth municipal water well (Well 4). The City has three wells pulling water from aquifers deep below us and serv- ing the system from mul- tiple locations. The City9s Public Works Director, Paul Bertagna, has led the way on keeping the water system as one of our top priorities to keep up with demand. In the City9s 2017 Water Master Plan, Well 4 was originally anticipated for construction later this decade in fiscal year 2027/28. Due to growth and increasing demand, the City moved Well 4 to this fiscal year to ensure excel- lent redundancy in the sys- tem with an additional 33 percent pumping capacity totaling 4,050 Gallons Per Minute (GPM). At the January 13 City Council meeting, the Council will review and con- sider approval of a $713,317 contract for the construc- tion of Well 4 Phase B. You may have seen a well drill- ing rig on City property near the Creekside Campground. That work was for Well 4 Phase A that consisted of constructing, developing, and testing a municipal water supply well in the volcaniclastic and basalt formations typical in the Deschutes Basin. The well depth ended at 293-feet with 200-feet of 16-inch casing and 100 feet of 12-inch liner assembly. Year-round FIREWOOD SALES — Kindling — — — SISTERS FOREST PRODUCTS 541-410-4509 SistersForestProducts.com Sisters salutes... David Poole wrote: I would like to thank Three Sisters Backcountry, and especially their employee, Johan. On December 19, 2020, I was out in the Three Creeks area with my son, who was scouting for his late-season elk tag. We ended up on a backroad and got stuck in the snow. We were unable to get free and broke our tire chains in the process. Johan with Three Sisters Backcountry came to our aid and gave us a ride out to some friends who were waiting for us. It was very kind of Johan to come get us as he took time away from his busi- ness to help us. This work included drilling, casing, screen- ing, grout seal, develop- ing, and testing as required for a complete 1,500 GPM well. Phase A is success- fully complete. The Phase A and Phase B estimate for Well 4 was $1,200,000 bud- geted through the City9s Water System Development Charge (SDC) Fund. SDCs are paid when new con- struction connects to the system so that growth pays for growth. The total cost for Well 4 is contracted to be $1,200,037 with Phase B construction anticipated to start in February and sub- stantial completion within 150 calendar days. A heartfelt thank you to Cris Converse, daughter of Dorro Converse Sokol, an icon of the Sisters commu- nity, who donated a substan- tial water right to the City on behalf of her mother. Also, a special thanks to the City9s Public Works Department who keep everything flow- ing 24/7/365: Paul Bertagna, Troy Rayburn, Gus Johnson, Doug McIntosh, Josh Stotts, Tod Milburn, Travis Quimby, Jackson Dumanch, and Robin Bentz (recently retired). If you would like to learn more about this project you can visit the City9s website www.ci.sisters.or.us and view the staff report in the Council meeting packet. 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