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Wednesday, December 29, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon 21 2021 YEAR IN REVIEW Community ponders future of school site A new elementary school to replace the existing one in Sisters is scheduled to be com- pleted to start the 2023 school year. That leaves the school dis- trict and the citizens of Sisters to answer the question: What should be done with the prop- erty and buildings on the cur- rent site? One of the first steps of the process took place on November 15 when Citizens4Community (C4C) hosted a Zoom meeting to begin gathering input from interested members of the community. The 90-minute meeting was facilitated by C4C Director Linda Cline and board member Jim Barnett. The purpose of the meeting was two-pronged: to elicit ideas about what should be done with the property, and to define the process in which decisions should be made. PHOTO BY KRIS KRISTOVICH The Outlaws boys cross-country team stunned the field with an outstanding second-place finish in State competition. Planners hear case for development in Sisters A project that would add approximately 359 new hous- ing units to Sisters got a hear- ing before the Sisters Planning Commission on November 10. No final decisions were made: Commissioners voted in favor of continuing the hearing on the Sisters Woodlands project to December 2. Local man commemorates Unknown Soldier flight Gary Yoder has lived in Sisters Country for close to 30 years. He’s co-owner of Black Butte Realty Group and a retired Flight Engineer in the U.S. Air Force. He spent 20 years as a flight crew member on a C-141B cargo transport jet. He was stationed at Travis Air Force base in California. When he retired he had over 7,300 hours flying time. Yoder and the crew flew with the casket containing the Unknown Soldier from Vietnam, from Travis AFB to Andrews AFB in Washington D.C. This Veteran’s Day, Yoder and his wife, Katy, flew to Washington D.C. along with the crew members, Tomb Guards, and their families to commem- orate the holiday. They spent their time learning more about the Tomb Guards and the sacred role they play in honoring those soldiers whose loved ones were never able to bring them home for burial. Sisters holiday events back on the calendar DECEMBER SHS ski team fields record numbers The COVID Grinch stole Sisters’ traditional Christmas holiday events last year — but now they’re back, with some modifications. The Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce will host the 2021 Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony on Friday, November 26. The Holiday Parade will be the next day on Hood Avenue. This year’s Sisters High School ski team will field the largest number of racers in Outlaw history. Twenty-seven racers are out for the sport; 14 girls and 13 boys. Head Coach Gabe Chladek and Assistant Coach Rima Givot are excited about the upcoming season as they start their fifth year as the ski team coaches. Sisters ski teams will compete in the newly revital- ized Emerald League of the Oregon Interscholastic Ski Racing Association this sea- son. The league is made up of schools from Eugene, Albany, Corvallis, Philomath, Redmond, Prineville, and Sisters. The number of students participat- ing in high school ski racing has grown in the past few years and necessitated the reformation of the league. Sisters fire captain headed into retirement Over the past three decades, countless Sisters area residents have called for aid in an emer- gency — and got a response from Captain Thornton Brown of the Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District. As of December 1, Captain Brown will hang up his turnout gear and call it a career. His colleagues know that he’s leaving big boots to fill. Brown managed the physi- cal facilities, from the central station to the District’s training grounds to the outlying stations in Camp Sherman and Squaw Creek Canyon Estates. And he’s helped to train countless students and volunteers. in what Sisters Trails Alliance Secretary Ann Richardson called “by far our biggest vol- unteer work effort of 2021.” Park opens at McKenzie Meadows Sisters has a new park — and some of the people behind it celebrated its opening last week. In lieu of their meeting on December 1, members of the City Parks Advisory Board gathered at the new McKenzie Meadow Village park located in the latest Hayden Homes proj- ect in Sisters. Elementary school celebrates Firebusters win Black Butte Ranch Lodge comes down Black Butte Ranch (BBR) is bidding adieu to its original lodge, built over 50 years ago. After several renovations it was clear it was time to start over and create a space and experi- ence only possible by removing the original structure. The project carries a $19.5 million price tag. Kirby Nagelhout Construction Company is the general con- tractor for the project, to be finished by Christmas 2023. Planners give green light to development It’s not everyday that a heli- copter lands on the playground at Sisters Elementary School, but thanks to being chosen as winner of the 2021 Central Oregon region Firebusters award, the school was treated to a visit by emergency personnel and their equipment and vehi- cles on December 2. With a unanimous vote of 6-0 in favor of approval with staff conditions, the Sisters Planning Commission gave a green light to the Sisters Woodlands Master Plan devel- opment, tentative subdivi- sion, cottage development, and major variance request, at their continued public hearing on December 2. 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