The Nugget
Vol. XLIV No. 31
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Hedrick
takes reins
as school
board chair
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dismisses
charges
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Correspondent
The Sisters School Board
has installed Don Hedrick as
its new chair.
Hedrick, a long-serving
member of the board, takes
over for Jay Wilkins, whose
term ended this year and who
did not seek re-election to the
board. David Thorsett was
chosen as vice-chair.
Hedrick, a retired school
principal, is in his 11th year
overall in serving on the
board, including a previ-
ous stint as chair from 2012
to 2016. Over a span of 34
years, Hedrick spent 25
in suburban Chicago as a
PHOTO BY BILL BARTLETT
Colter Habein took top honors for market beef at the Deschutes County Fair. His is one of 30 members
of the Cloverdale Livestock Club, which has been helping young people develop through 4-H for
decades. (See related story, page 4.)
See HEDRICK on page 31
The Deschutes County
District Attorney9s Office
confirmed on Tuesday morn-
ing, July 27, that they have
declined to pursue criminal
charges against Sisters spa
owner Mike Boyle.
Boyle, owner of Hop
in the Spa in Sisters, was
arrested on Wednesday, June
30, on charges of harassment,
sex abuse, and performing
illegal massage. Boyle told
The Nugget that he intends to
sue the State of Oregon, con-
tending that the Deschutes
County Sheriff9s Office filed
a false affidavit in order to
See BOYLE on page 23
Sisters students will
have to mask this fall
Sisters woman connects community
Sisters students will have
to mask up when they return
to class at the end of the
summer, under a new direc-
tive from Governor Kate
Brown.
Last Thursday, July 29,
Governor Brown directed
the Oregon Health Authority
and the Oregon Department
of Education to create a rule
to require masks indoors for
K-12 schools statewide for
the 2021-22 school year. The
move is, according to the
governor9s office, <in line
As the founding president
and volunteer administra-
tor for five and a half years
of Citizens4Community
(C4C), Robyn Holdman has
been integral to efforts to
make Sisters a more con-
nected community. Her
work earned her recogni-
tion from the Sisters Vision
Implementation Team as
a <Connected Community
Champion.=
Under her leadership,
C4C grew from an idea into
an organization with stable
funding, playing significant
roles in creating a more con-
nected and collaborative
Sisters Country.
Through a combination
of community tools, proj-
ects, workshops, forums,
and community celebra-
tions, Holdman paved the
way for C4C9s strategies to
fundamentally strengthen
Sisters Country and bring
people together to respect-
fully address challenges and
opportunities so more local
voices could be heard and
with the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention9s
recently updated guidance,
and based on the latest sci-
ence on the spread of the
Delta variant.=
<The science and data
are clear: the Delta variant
is in our communities, and
it is more contagious,= said
Governor Brown. <My pri-
ority is to ensure our kids
are able to safely return to
full-time, in-person learning
this fall, five days per week
and with minimal disrup-
tions. With many children
still ineligible to be vacci-
nated, masks are an effec-
tive way to help keep our
kids safe in the classroom,
the learning environment we
know serves them best.=
Some school districts
were pushing back. Culver
Schools Superintendent
Stefanie Garber wrote a
See MASKS on page 22
Add masks to your students’
back-to-school supply lists.
Inside...
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
PHOTO PROVIDED
Robyn Holdman was named Connected Community Champion by the
Sisters Vision Implementation Team.
more good things could hap-
pen through that power of
connection.
<As a result of her
incredible passion and
h e a r t f o r c o m m u n i t y,
Robyn has helped chan-
nel funds from donors and
state and regional founda-
tions directly into Sisters9
See HOLDMAN on page 30
Letters/Weather ............... 2 Obituaries ........................ 9 Entertainment .................13 Sisters Naturalist .............21 Classifieds .................28-30
Meetings .......................... 3 Announcements ...............12 Artisan Showcase ....... 15-19 Crossword .......................27 Real Estate ................ 30-32