News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
More than 30 Sisters children had to pinch themselves to make sure a computer giveaway at Sisters High School on Wednesday, December 23, wasn't a Christmas dream.
The students were each selected to receive a computer for their home, paid for by anonymous community donors and delivered just in time for Christmas from Nashville Computer Liquidators in Tennessee.
OutlawNet personnel worked as feverishly as Santa's elves to load internet software onto the computers and set up free internet accounts for the students. The students will receive free OutlawNet-provided internet service as part of the gift until June 1.
Teacher Jon Renner gave a demonstration on how to use the internet software and OutlawNet students helped deliver computers and get them set up in homes.
Students were selected for the gifts on the basis of a demonstrated interest in computers, academic achievement and financial need.
Susan Bird, the mother of Carolyn Bird, one of the students who got a computer, reported that it took a while for the reality of the gift sank in.
"It took her all day to figure out what was going on with the computer," Bird said.
It wasn't until her brother Jonathan brought up her e-mail address - with her initials in it - that she realized the computer was hers.
"When she saw that, she said, 'you mean this is my computer?'" Bird said.
Organizers of the Santa's Computers for Kids Program, say that they hope the program can become an annual event.
Jim Cornelius is editor in chief of The Nugget and author of “Warriors of the Wildlands: True Tales of the Frontier Partisans.” A history buff, he explores frontier history across three centuries and several continents on his podcast, The Frontier Partisans. For more information visit www.frontierpartisans.com.
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