Wednesday, January 21, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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STA to hold annual
meeting next week
By Craig f. eisenbeis
Correspondent
The Sisters Trails Alliance
(STA) will be holding their
annual meeting next Thursday
on January 29, at 7 p.m. in The
Pines Clubhouse at the west
end of Sisters. Even though
this is the club’s annual meet-
ing, the public is welcome.
In addition to the meeting
agenda, the STA will be hav-
ing Marv Lang of the U.S.
Forest Service as the guest
speaker for the event.
Although Lang’s official
title with the Forest Service
is Recreation Forester for the
Deschutes National Forest, he
prefers to be known simply as
the “Trails Guy.” The topic of
his talk will be “Sustainable
Trails.”
For his part, Lang is look-
ing forward to addressing
the STA. “The Sisters Trails
Alliance is, and has been, a
consistently solid partner with
the U.S. Forest Service on
the Sisters Ranger District,”
he said. “They have a unique
mission that focuses on trails
within a radius of the city of
Sisters, which allows them to
be involved in trails-related
projects and policy from side-
walks to primitive trails.”
See MeetING on page 26
photo by Jerry baldoCk
lauren taylor studied the biology of strawberries with mom, tammy, at the 2013 sisters science fair.
Science club looks toward active 2015
By Jim Cornelius
News Editor
Trail users to
convene in Sisters
By Craig f. eisenbeis
Correspondent
“It’s been nearly two years
since we’ve had local trail
group leaders and representa-
tives together, and I’m new
and would like to get to know
everyone who’s involved in
local trail-use issues,” said
Amy Racki, recreation team
leader for the Sisters Ranger
District.
Racki is the Forest
Service’s new representa-
tive for trails in the Sisters
area and wants to meet with
trail users at the Forest
Service office Wednesday,
January 21.
She explained, “The mis-
sion for this group at this time
is to bring together a diverse
array of trail enthusiasts from
Sisters and surrounding com-
munities to respectfully com-
municate, coordinate, and col-
laborate on trail planning and
management topics of interest
to the Sisters community and
visitors to the area.”
Racki is looking for input
from every type of Forest
Service trail enthusiast,
including hiking, cycling,
equestrian, cross-country ski,
snowshoe, snowmobile, dirt
bike, and ATV trail users.
See traIl users on page 23
In the short five years from
its inception under the guid-
ance of a handful of volun-
teers, the Sisters Science Club
has become one of those orga-
nizations that has a profound
impact on lives in Sisters
Country, and especially in the
schools.
Co-founder Bob Collins
notes that the action has
shifted from being driven
by initiatives of himself and
other volunteers.
“The creativity and energy
has really shifted to the teach-
ers themselves,” Collins said.
“They’re coming up with the
energy and ideas. We chal-
lenged them to come up with
the ideas and that’s where the
sparks are coming from.”
The most visible place
where the community can
see the sparks catch and
kindle into a blaze is at the
Sisters Science Club’s Annual
Science Fair, set this year
for Saturday, February 21.
Students, teachers, and adult
mentors combine to create
numerous interactive displays
that entertain and excite as
well as educate.
There will be an array of
experiments involving elec-
tricity, chemistry, biology and
engineering. Healthy-living
and green-energy programs
will have displays from green-
house gardening to organic
vegetables in the schools’
Seed-To-Table program. The
planetarium will be set up and
students, teachers, and astron-
omy volunteers will be on
hand to explain the night sky.
This year, the traditional
catapult challenge conducted
by Rob Corrigan in the
Design, Construct, Compete
event has been replaced by
an event featuring mousetrap
cars. The cars must travel a
certain distance, then stop
within a circle. Corrigan
designed the challenge to test
engineering skills of students,
though anyone can enter.
Sisters Elementary School
will be in the midst of an
inventors’ convention dur-
ing the fair, so students will
bring their projects for dis-
play. They are encouraged to
talk with visitors to the fair
about their ideas for improv-
ing society through invention
and innovation.
Middle and high school
classes will bring out the
things they are working on in
their science classes.
Awards will be doled
out to winners of the fair’s
sci/art contest, which com-
bines scientific vision with
artistic expression through
photography.
The club is also in the
midst of a speaker series, with
talks focusing on the subject
See sCIeNCe on page 21
SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR
Central Oregon Woodworkers
Guild 1st Monday. 541-610-9022.
ALANON Monday, noon, Shepherd
East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th
of the Hills Lutheran Church •
Wednesday, September-June, Stitchin’
Wednesday, 6 p.m., The Episcopal
Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.
Church of the Transfi guration.
Friends of the Sisters Library
541-549-8737 or 541-549-1527.
Board of Directors 2nd Tuesday,
Alcoholics Anonymous Thursday &
9 to 11 a.m., Sisters Library. Public is
Sunday, 7 p.m., The Episcopal Church
welcome. 541-977-8285.
of the Transfi guration • Saturday,
Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers)
8 a.m., The Episcopal Church of the
1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City
Transfi guration • Monday, 5 p.m.,
Hall. Just bring scissors! 503-880-5832.
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church
• Tuesday, noon, Big Book study,
Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursdays,
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church • 1 to 4 p.m. 541-549-6933.
Thursday, noon, Sober Sisters Women Military Parents of Sisters 2nd
Meeting, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Ray’s Food Place
Church. 541-548-0440.
community room. 541-647-7483.
Black Butte Macintosh Users Group
3rd Thursday, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Sisters Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters
Library community room. 541-549-1471. Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.,
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-408-5594.
Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club
SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings
Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., Black Butte
& Enrichment) Wednesdays, 1 to
Ranch community room. All welcome;
4 p.m. at SPRD. 541-549-2091.
partner required. 541-595-6236.
Sisters Area Photography Club 2nd
Central Oregon Council on Aging
Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters Wednesday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library
community room. 541-549-6157.
Community Church. 541-678-5483.
Sisters Area SketchUp Users Group
Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild
2nd Wednesday, 7 p.m., Earthwood
4th Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For
location information: 541-549-2072.
Timber Frame Homes. 541-549-0924.
BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS
Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd
Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.
Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays,
12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse.
Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419.
Sisters Cribbage Club Tuesdays,
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Ray’s Food Place
community room. All are welcome.
541-923-1632.
Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board
of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Location information: 541-549-1193.
Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 a.m.,
Brand 33 Restaurant at Aspen Lakes.
541-410-2870.
Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.
Location information: 541-389-9554.
Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon,
Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-977-6545.
Sisters Trails Alliance Board
Meeting 2nd Thursday, 8 to 9:30 a.m.,
The Pines Clubhouse. 541-719-8822.
Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon,
Bronco Billy’s Ranch. 541-480-8638.
Three Sisters Irrigation District
Board of Directors 1st Tuesday,
4 p.m., TSID Offi ce. 541-549-8815.
Three Sisters Lions Club 3rd
Monday, noon, Ray’s Food Place
community room. 541-595-6967.
VFW 8138 & American Legion
1st Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters
City Hall. Service offi cer available.
541-903-1123 or 541-480-8638.
Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD
Board of Directors 3rd Tuesday,
5 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall, 301 S. Elm St.
541-549-0771.
CITY & PARKS
Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD Drills
Mondays, 7 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall,
301 S. Elm St. 541-549-0771.
Sisters City Council 2nd &
4th Thursday, 7 p.m., Sisters City Hall.
541-549-6022.
Sisters Park & Recreation District
Board of Directors 1st Tuesday,
5:30 p.m., SPRD building. The public is
welcome. 541-549-2091.
Sisters Planning Commission
3rd Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Sisters
City Hall. 541-549-6022.
FIRE & POLICE
Black Butte Ranch Police Dept.
Board of Directors Meets monthly.
541-595-2191 for time & date.
Black Butte Ranch RFPD Board of
Directors 4th Thursday, 9 a.m., Black
Butte Ranch Fire Station. 541-595-2288.
Cloverdale RFPD Board of Directors
3rd Wednesday, 7 p.m., Main Station,
George Cyrus Rd. 541-548-4815. See
the agenda at www.cloverdalefi re.com.
SCHOOLS
Black Butte School Board of
Directors 2nd Tuesday, 5 p.m.,
Black Butte School. 541-595-6203.
Sisters Christian Academy Board
of Directors 2nd Thursday, 8 a.m.,
RE/MAX Revolution offi ce at Outlaw
Station. 541-549-4133.
Sisters School District Board of
Directors One Wednesday per month
at the School District Administration
Building. See schedule online at
www.sisters.k12.or.us. 541-549-8521
x4011.
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