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Wednesday, March 18, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Maxwell family breaks ground
Golfers prepare to
hit the course
By diane goble
Correspondent
Sisters Habitat for
Humanity volunteers will
be twice as busy this spring
on the 900 block of Cascade
Avenue, constructing two
new homes side by side. On
Sunday, March 15, family
and volunteers broke ground
for the new home of Josh and
Kristina Maxwell.
The Maxwells came to
Sisters two years ago from
Montana looking for a fresh
start. They’ve had the love
and support of Kristina’s par-
ents, who live here, to apply
for a Habitat home, and all
have been hard at work accu-
mulating their sweat-equity
hours. Josh has been working
at the job site and Kristina,
who works at US Bank, vol-
unteers at the Thrift Store.
She has fun and loves every-
thing she does there.
Carol and Kevin Neary,
and Judy Osborne have been
the Maxwell’s family part-
ners who have been there and
will continue to guide them
through the process. Carol
Neary said how thrilled she
was for this hard-working
and very enthusiastic young
couple, “They are so deserv-
ing of this and so grateful for
every little thing.”
Former board president
By rongi yost
Correspondent
photo by Jerry balDoCk
Josh and Kristina Maxwell broke ground for their future home during a
Sisters Habitat for Humanity ceremony on Sunday.
Kevin Neary welcomed
the group and introduced
Executive Director Sharlene
Weed, who read an excerpt
from “Theology of the
Hammer” — which says that
we are here to do more than
talk and sing; we have to put
it to work. The nail must be
hit on the head again and
again and again ... until a fam-
ily moves in and it becomes
a home built by love. In this
theology, all agree on the
imperative to serve, to house
the world’s poor, to eliminate
poverty.
Construction Manager
Fires are roaring
at Ponderosa Forge
Stop by the showroom
to see what’s cooking!
Shawn O’Hern said with
favorable weather, he’s going
to have this house completed
by the first week in August.
He thanked all the volunteers
including Chris Mayes, the
architect, and the subcontrac-
tors who have been so kind,
including Fred Astin, Cascade
Bobcat, Hoyt’s and Lutton’s.
And, he shouted, “Come on
out and volunteer!”
Marie Clasen, volunteer
and family services manager,
announced she holds orien-
tations for volunteers twice
a month. Call 541-549-1740
for information.
The boys golf team has 13
players out for the sport this
season, and all have hopes to
be one of the top five players
who will represent the Out-
laws at tournaments.
Junior Steen Johnson and
sophomores Kade Owen and
Devin Robillard are the only
returning varsity players.
Coach Bill Mitchell told The
Nugget that all three boys have
been working extremely hard,
and have improved their game
since last year — especially
the putting game.
“These guys will need
to really work on their short
game and strive to get their
scores below 100,” said
Mitchell.
New to the team this year
are senior Yasha Saldi; juniors
Gabe Isle and Halston Seilen-
tin; sophomores Ben Saba,
Jace Kachlein, Noah Huber,
Brendan Lewis and Sam Tara;.
Freshmen Patrick Dingeman
and Austin Lake will round
out the squad.
“We need five play-
ers to play in a tournament,
and right now we really
only have three (Johnson,
Owen, and Robillard) that
are tournament-ready,” said
Mitchell. “We need two guys
to step up and deliver, and
right now it looks like that
will be Austin (Lake) and Ben
(Saba).”
The boys golf team will
play at Tokatee on Wednesday,
March 18, in their first tourna-
ment of the season.
On the girls’ side, senior
Emily Christen is back for her
final year. Christen tallied her
lowest score ever (104) last
year at the district tournament.
emily is a good athlete
and she wants to improve.
— coach Bill Mitchell
“Emily is a good athlete
and she wants to improve,”
said Mitchell. “She’s very
strong and can hit the ball a
long way. She just needs to
work on her short game and
get her score under 100, and I
think she can do it.”
Ayanna Brewer (junior) is a
transfer from Elmira and will
join Christen on the girls team.
The girls’ first tournament
of the year will be at Crooked
River Ranch on Wednesday,
March 18.
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