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  • SPRD turns corner on “Operation Shipshape”

    Jeff Tryens, Board Chair, Sisters Park & Recreation District|Updated Apr 16, 2019

    Earlier this year, the mother of one of Sisters Park & Recreation’s after-school kids said to me, “The other day, my daughter, out of the blue, announced that she did not want to die. Before I could formulate a reassuring answer, she added, ‘because I wouldn’t be able to go to SPRD anymore.’” Wow. Now that’s an endorsement! What this child did not know was her little bit of heaven on Earth was becoming more than a little frayed around the edges. She didn’t notice the sagging rain gutters or the pile of construction de... Full story

  • SPRD's Operation Shipshape in full swing

    Jeff Tryens SPRD Board President|Updated Nov 20, 2018

    In preparation for the arrival of a new permanent executive director, the board of the Sisters Park & Recreation District has initiated a series of actions dubbed Operation Shipshape. Thanks to the generosity of Sisters Country voters, the board is finally able to tie-up a lot of organizational loose ends caused by chronic underfunding. Everything from a barely functioning office computer network to an irrigation system on life support has come under scrutiny thanks to Interim Executive Director Courtney Snead. Operation... Full story

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