Letters, letters, letters

To the Editor:

I'd like to take this opportunity to say thank you to the Sisters EMTs and ambulance service and the officer from the sheriff's department that came to my aide on June 11.

Their caring, professionalism and reassurance helped make a terribly frightening time less so. This was the third time you've come to my aid since I had the stroke and with the doctor's and God's help, it will be the last (third time's a charm?)

God bless you guys.

Sylvia Cara

To the Editor:

Thank you to all who responded to my recent accident with visits, phone calls, cards, flowers and concern. Your prayers, good wishes and kindness have been overwhelming and greatly appreciated.

A special thanks to neighbors and friends who have kept us in good food and taken time from busy schedules to run errands and drive me to doctor appointments and physical therapy.

The support and assistance I've received reminds me what a special place Sisters is, filled with thoughtful, generous and kind friends. I am truly thankful for all you have done for me and my family.

Sincerely,

Carol Moorehead

To the Editor:

Last week's Nugget reported the passing of Fred Hahn, a name that might not be too familiar to residents of the Sisters area.

However, he was a person that all of us owe much to because of what he did to help preserve our community.

Because Fred was developing a home site on his forest property within a mile of the proposed gravel mine off the McKenzie Highway, he was notified by the county when operations were about to begin, something that neither the mine developers nor the county had expected to happen when they rushed through their sudden land use changes for gravel mining.

Otherwise, the first that all of us would have realized what was happening would have been when the first 30-yard dump truck passed through town.

Fred sounded an alert through a letter to The Nugget Newspaper and some Crossroads residents responded. That led to the forming of the Citizens to Preserve the Quality of Life in Sisters. Together, with another group of local families, these people opposed the mine.

While they were not successful, there was a negotiated settlement brought about by the pressure that was kept on the developer for almost two years.

Fred's contribution to the Sisters area should be remembered long after the impact of the gravel mine has gone away.

Jim Fisher

To the Editor:

The Mad Hatters Sisters Children's Theatre wants to express our gratitude for all the wonderful props that the Sisters Habitat for Humanity has donated us this year.

The kids love them.

Diana Shirley