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The Deschutes County Commissioners have appointed Judy Trego and Jim Fister to serve on the Deschutes County Budget Committee. Trego and Fister will serve as two of the committee's three citizen members. The budget committee, which includes the Board of County Commissioners, reviews the County's proposed budget and recommends a final version for adoption. Trego, a Bend resident, currently serves as CEO of the Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce and is the founder of the Sisters Community Foundation. She will serve the remainder of an existing term through December 31, 2022 with the opportunity for reappointment to a subsequent term. Fister, a Sunriver resident, owns a consulting business and operates an art gallery. He has previously served on the Sunriver Service District and Sunriver Owners Association boards. He will serve the remainder of an existing term through December 31, 2024 with the opportunity for reappointment to a subsequent term. Budget committee members are asked
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By Sue Stafford David Banks, right, at a Civil War reenactment in Camp Sherman with âAbe Lincoln.â
photo provided Long-time Sisters resident David Banks remembers a day long ago when he rode down Cascade Avenue on the back of a Triumph motorcycle on his way to the B Bar B tavern.
He was familiar with Sisters because his parents had a place at Black Butte Ranch where he visited often. When things changed for him in Palo Alto, California, where he was living, he made the decision to “matriculate north,” to Sisters. He had a best friend in Tumalo and Banks decided to settle in Tollgate, where he and his wife Adrienne raised their children, John and McKenzie, who attended Black Butte School, graduating from Sisters High School.