Wednesday, January 28, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Sisters Science Fair
set for next month
The fourth annual Sisters
Science Fair, scheduled
Saturday, February 21, from
noon until 4 p.m. at Sisters
High School, is shaping up to
be the best one yet, according
to organizers.
From paper airplane con-
tests and rocket launches to
robots and inventions, science
is the theme and it is expected
to appeal to everyone from 9
to 90.
“We have an extensive
variety of exciting experi-
ments and displays from all
three Sisters schools, commu-
nity businesses, universities
and statewide organizations,”
said Cal Allen, director of
the Sisters Science Fair. “The
Science Fair has grown every
year along with our recogni-
tion and attendance. Everyone
who attends is amazed at
the diversity, and there
always seems to be some-
thing that appeals to every
attendee.”
This year there will be an
array of experiments from
electricity, chemistry, biology
and engineering. Healthy liv-
ing and green energy programs
will have displays from green-
house gardening to organic
vegetables in the Science
Club’s Seed-To-Table pro-
gram. The planetarium will be
set up and students, teachers,
See SCIeNCe on page 31
photo by sue staffoRD
gary albertson’s work will be featured in the diane Jacobsen Speakers Series at Sisters library.
Sisters students
to see ‘Selma’
Sisters students will gather
at Sisters Movie House on
Wednesday, January 28, for
special screenings of the
movie “Selma,” which depicts
a critical moment in the Civil
Rights movement of the
1960s.
“I was contacted Tuesday
afternoon by an individual
who wishes to remain anony-
mous about funding students
to see ‘Selma,’” said movie
house owner Lisa Clausen.
“This person was moved
by the film and the histori-
cal accuracy with which the
events are documented.”
Photos featured in speaker series
The donor paid for tickets
for all high school students
to see the film. They will be
accompanied by staff, so that
the viewing can generate
classroom discussion.
According to Clausen,
the donor would like to see
the event serve as a catalyst
for more discussion of such
topics.
“This individual would
also like to see a history club
in the region that can lead to
rich discussions about the sub-
ject matter – in this case civil
rights and potentially race in
the U.S.,” Clausen said.
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
Gary Albertson, local
professional fine art photog-
rapher, will be the featured
speaker at the Diane Jacobsen
Speakers Series at the Sisters
Library on Sunday, February
8, at 1:30 p.m.
A resident of Camp
Sherman since 1999,
Albertson has shot artistic
photographs of local land-
scapes throughout Central
Oregon, and especially in the
Metolius Basin. For years, his
Sisters Gallery & Frame Shop
on Hood Avenue has featured
many of his beautiful large-
scale photographs, which are
available for purchase.
At the library presenta-
tion Albertson will take the
audience inside his journey
into blindness and explain
how he is able to continue to
capture extraordinary images
despite his increasing loss of
eyesight. The center of his
vision in both eyes is gone. In
one eye he has fuzzy periph-
eral vision around the out-
side of his vision field and in
the other he only has vision
around the inside edge.
The loss of vision is the
result of pigment dispersion
glaucoma, which was diag-
nosed in 1996 when he was
being prepped to undergo
liver transplant surgery.
Because of fear, he did not
have the recommended sur-
gery and his sight loss has
been slow and gradual since
then. He wants to encourage
people not to fear glaucoma
surgery as he did.
Albertson describes his
vision as being able to see the
way Monet painted — every-
thing vague. He contends that
going blind later in life is bet-
ter than as a young person
See alBertSoN on page 16
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.
This calendar is for reg
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