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The Nugget Vol. XLIV No. 18 Land- use laws manage growth P OSTAL CUSTOMER News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon www.NuggetNews.com Wednesday, May 5, 2021 COVID cases require quarantine for schools No hitter... By Sue Stafford Correspondent Sisters is currently expe- riencing unprecedented growth. That growth is to be managed under a system of land-use laws. The state of Oregon is unique for any number of reasons and since the 1970s, the state has been particu- larly unique when it comes to managing land use and development. Land-use plan- ning in Oregon consists of a system of laws and govern- ment collaboration that is rare in the United States. Voters approved the framework for PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15 School activities resumed Thursday afternoon after a brief shutdown was called over reports of COVID-19 cases at both Sisters High School and Sisters Middle School. Superintendent Curt Scholl declined to specify numbers, citing concerns about medical privacy in a small community, but acknowledged “multiple cases” in the low single dig- its. Contact tracing led to a 14-day quarantine of 24 stu- dents at Sisters High School and the entire sixth grade at Garrett Vohs struck out 11 and gave up a single walk in a no-hitter against Woodburn last week. See story, page 9. See LAND USE on page 23 See COVID on page 30 PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK Roth named principal at Worker shortage causing woes Sisters Middle School By Bill Bartlett Correspondent By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent The Sisters School District decided on an “in-house” hire in naming current assistant principal Tim Roth as the principal at Sisters Middle School. Roth, a native of Bend, takes over from Alison Haney who stepped down from the position after three years. Roth is no stranger to the community; he worked as the athletic/activities director at Sisters High School from 2012-2017, including one year as vice principal. From 2017-2019 Roth and his family lived in Hohenfels, Germany, where he taught students of military families advanced science courses on a U.S. Armed Forces NATO training base. He and his wife, Laura, who is also a teacher, and their two children, Hayden and Maya, returned to Sisters in 2019 when Roth was hired as an assistant principal for the middle and high school. Inside... He moved into the full-time position at Sisters Middle School for the 2020-21 school year. Roth holds his under- graduate degree from Willamette University and a master’s degree in teach- ing from the University of Portland. His administra- tive license work came from Concordia University- Chicago and through the Confederation of Oregon School Administrators. Roth has 13 years of class- room experience and seven as an administrator and is over- joyed to be the next principal at SMS. “My vision for SMS is to focus on two primary pillars: culture and instructional strat- egies,” he said. “I want SMS to have the kind of culture in which students feel uncondi- tionally loved and supported in a climate where everyone works hard, but have some fun along the way.” He continued, “I also want See ROTH on page 31 Letters/Weather ............... 2 Meetings .......................... 3 There are plenty of job openings in Sisters. The lack of applicants is reaching critical proportions for area businesses, however. Help Wanted signs appear all over town and in The Nugget there have been multiple ads in the classified section for a range of jobs. Some employers have taken to running color ads in the main news sec- tion of the paper in hopes of drawing even more notice. The problem has been building for a year and the reasons are numerous. The best illustration is prob- ably McDonald’s, where crew shortages have caused a reduction in operating hours — notwithstanding last week’s order from the Governor closing indoor dining again for at least two weeks, McDonald’s has not been adequately staffed for several months to serve din- ers in their dining room or for walk-in takeout. Only the drive-thru is open. McDonald’s is synony- mous with entry-level jobs Announcements ...............12 Entertainment .................13 PHOTO BY BILL BARTLETT Businesses of all types in Sisters are struggling to fill job openings. Some are offering signing bonuses. where millions of students have traditionally learned job skills while earning for college, their first car, or to help with the family budget. Despite the local McDonald’s offering up to $18.25 per hour, $6 more than the cur- rent state minimum wage, plus a retention bonus of $1,000, hire-a-friend bonus of $750, and up to $3,000 in tuition assistance, Sisters McDonald’s has been short- handed for nearly a year. The first problem for all Sisters employers for jobs Obituaries .................. 14-15 Crossword ...................... 26 under $25 per hour is a small labor pool. Sisters Country population is dominated by retirees and empty nest- ers, even as our schools are adding students. Affluence in the community is a nega- tive when attracting employ- ment with starting wages. The median income for ZIP code 97759 is $76,012. In Redmond, where the major- ity of our workers reside, it is $65,788 and the median age is 39.7 vs. 53.7 for Sisters. See ‘NOW HIRING’ on page 31 Classifieds ..................27-29 Real Estate ................ 30-32
