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The Nugget Vol. XLIV No. 10 News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon www.NuggetNews.com Two arrested in shooting incident near Sisters Two 19-year-olds have been arrested in connection with a shooting incident that occurred in the forest outside Sisters on January 17. In that incident, a mid- 1990s Chevrolet Tahoe was shot multiple times by an unknown subject near a long-term camp in the area of USFS Road 1510 near the 450 spur, approximately five miles west of Sisters. The vehicle was in very close proximity to a tent that was being used for housing. Since the shooting, depu- ties with the Deschutes County Sheriff 9s Office (DCSO) have conducted numerous follow-up inter- views and collected addi- tional evidence. According to DCSO, deputies developed enough information to be granted a search warrant for a residence in Crossroads, west of Sisters. Deputies reportedly located items of evidence Correspondent BlockScore is an identity data and anti-fraud solu- tions developer founded in 2014 and based in Palo Alto, California. They serve over 500 clients worldwide with more than 700 million unique IDs. It9s not their technol- ogy per se making news in Sisters. It9s their headquar- ters relocation to town that is attention-grabbing. They are branded as Cognito, providing identity verification and sanction screening services through- out the world to ensure com- pliance and mitigate fraud. They are basically in the internet security business Sisters schools’ schedules explained By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK The Outlaws are back on the field in a season altered and delayed by COVID-19 restrictions. They fell to the Pleasant Hill Billies by a score of 20-6 on Friday night. (See story, page 5). Sisters middle and high school students began in-per- son learning in late January under Oregons <hybrid model,= while Sisters Elementary School has been operating largely in person since September. For many citizens of Sisters Country, confusion and some frustration remains regarding the variations in the <hybrid= schedule among the three schools and the rea- sons for the differences. The key reasons for the variations in the three schools9 plans stem from the limiting factor of physi- cal space in relation to the number of students enrolled. The current requirement for schools in Oregon is to pro- vide 35 square feet per indi- vidual in the classroom. Until that requirement is changed or lifted, schedule adapta- tions will remain. See SCHEDULE on page 30 Silicon Valley firm moves HQ to Sisters By Bill Bartlett PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15 Wednesday, March 10, 2021 Football in March& See SHOOTING on page 30 Inside... P OSTAL CUSTOMER Two escape serious injury in crash using phone-number-based verification. They were originally backed by some of the most influential investor names in Silicon Valley includ- ing Battery, Lightspeed, Digital Currency Group, and Combinator. Ten such inves- tor groups participated in the $2.3 million investment seed round. The fast-grow- ing company is under the leadership of Alain Meier, CEO; Chris Morton, COO; co-founders; and Daniel Gollhon, VP of engineering. Justin Goodkind, director of partnerships and solutions, heads up sales and marketing and is based in Bend. Two Bend residents escaped serious injury when the Outlaw Aviation Cessna 172 they were fly- ing went down in a field to the west of the runway at Sisters Eagle Airport on the evening of Wednesday, March 3. The pilot, Madison Stieber, 23, received non- life-threatening injuries and was transported by private vehicle to St. Charles-Bend, where she was treated and released. The passenger, Connor Schaab, 24, received minor injuries and was eval- uated by medics from the Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District at the scene. Schaab was not transported to the hospital. Both Stieber and Schaab had See COGNITO on page 31 See PLANE CRASH on page 25 PHOTO BY JIM CORNELIUS The Outlaw Aviation Cessna 172 was totaled in a crash west of the runway at Sisters Eagle Airport on Wednesday, March 3. The pilot and her passenger escaped serious injury. Letters/Weather ............... 2 Roundabout Sisters .......... 6 Entertainment ................. 11 Obituaries ............. 11, 18-19 Classifieds ................. 28-29 Meetings .......................... 3 Announcements ...............10 Sisters Naturalist .............14 Crossword ...................... 20 Real Estate ................ 30-32