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Wednesday, April 8, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
SPrd
classes offer
relaxation
techniques
Sisters Park & Recreation
District (SPRD) is offering
two new classes on relax-
ation techniques to enhance
sleep and to manage pain.
Both classes will run for four
weeks at the SPRD gym.
Joyce Burk Brown will
be teaching a variety of tech-
niques to help beginner to
advanced students. She is
an occupational therapist
and has years of experience
working with clients who
have chronic or intermittent
pain. She taught arthritis self-
help classes for years with the
Arthritis Foundation.
She also has worked with
children and adults on stress
management. The classes will
include breathing exercises,
progressive relaxation, visu-
alization and energy work
techniques. There will also
be an introduction to acupres-
sure points for calming and
pain relief.
Many people find it hard
to quiet the mind and focus
when not engaged in a physi-
cal activity. Going to sleep,
staying asleep, or returning
to sleep after waking up are
common issues for many
people. A slow progression of
techniques will help to build
your confidence and skills.
Two sessions of classes
are offered, day or evening.
The classes are scheduled for:
Mondays, April 13 through
May 4, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.; and
Tuesdays, April 14 through
May 5, noon to 1 p.m.
Registration is $30 in-district
through the SPRD website,
www.sistersrecreation.com,
or call 541-549-2091.
Woodpecker fest
Youth Conservation
Corps seeks volunteers set for Sisters
BEND — Youth 16 to
18 years old can now apply
for eight weeks of summer
employment with the Central
Oregon Youth Conservation
Corps.
Heart of Oregon Corps, a
local non-profit, is recruiting
for the education and work
program which provides
natural resource employment
for conservation projects on
the Ochoco and Deschutes
National Forests and the
Crooked River National
Grassland.
Nearly 100 applicants will
be selected for this summer’s
program and earn $9.25 an
hour, working 36 hours a
week. Projects include build-
ing trails, maintaining fences,
piling hazardous fuels, restor-
ing campgrounds, improving
wildlife habitat and other
types of conservation work.
Youth will work nine
hours a day, Monday through
Thursday, from June 22 to
August 13, with crews based
in Crescent, La Pine, Bend,
Sisters, Redmond, Prineville,
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Applications must be
received by May 1, and are
available online at www.
heartoforegon.org.
The Central Oregon Youth
Conservation Corps pro-
gram is operated by Heart
of Oregon Corps in partner-
ship with the U.S. Forest
Service. Funding for the
2015 program secured thus
far also includes support
and grant awards from the
Oregon Youth Conservation
Corps, the National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation, United
Way of Deschutes County,
The Autzen Foundation, and
The PGE Foundation.
For more information,
contact COYCC Coordinator
Yancy Wilkenfeldt at 541-
633-7834 x24 or Forest
Service YCC Coordinator
Paul Smith at 541-416-6431.
Registration is now open
for the 5th annual Dean Hale
Woodpecker Festival, taking
place in Sisters from June
18-21.
Festival participants have
a choice of attending 14 dif-
ferent guided tours in search
of 11 different species of
woodpeckers and more than
200 other types of birds that
have made the forests and
burn areas of Sisters and
Central Oregon a birding
hot-spot.
The East Cascades
Audubon Society (ECAS)
sponsors the festival. Each
trip, guided by two ECAS
volunteers, includes up to 10
fellow birders, so space is
limited.
The Sisters and the
Santiam Pass regions have
witnessed many forest fires,
like the Pole Creek Fire in
2012 and the Bridge 99 fire
in 2014. Because burned
areas attract bugs, which in
turn attract woodpeckers,
participants have a chance to
see not only common wood-
peckers like hairy and downy,
but also much rarer species
like white-headed, American
three-toed, and black-backed
woodpeckers.
Few places in the USA are
this woodpecker-rich.
Full-day trips are $30,
while half-day trips and the
Night Prowl are $20.
Tours take place under a
special-use permit with the
Deschutes National Forest.
Carpooling is required.
Participants are also required
to provide their own food and
water. For information about
the Woodpecker Festival,
details on the field trips or
to register for the event visit
www.ecaudubon.org or email
dhwf14@gmail.com.
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