Wednesday, March 25, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Sisters company staff
helps horse charity
By Jodi Schneider McNamee
Correspondent
When Kate Beardsley, exec-
utive director for Mustangs to
the Rescue (MTTR), needed
help with assembling a cou-
ple of shelters for the horses,
Lena Fornalski, a volunteer
crew member at MTTR asked
her son Nick, a draftsman for
ENERGYneering Solutions,
Inc. (ESI), for help.
“My mom Lena asked me
if this was something I could
possibly do to help out, and
since it looked like it was defi-
nitely more than a one-man
job, I asked a couple of guys
where I work at ESI, and they
jumped at the opportunity to
help out and I really appreci-
ated it,” said Fornalski.
Three staff members from
ENERGYneering Solutions
are reassembling two shelters
that were donated to the pro-
gram. They are volunteering
their time to put up the walls
and the roof. The two other
staff members helping are Paul
Wilson, an electrical engineer
who has been with ESI for
nearly three years, and Daniel
Cowan, a mechanical engineer
in his first year at the company.
“It’s just a team effort,”
said Fornalski.
See MuStANGS on page 26
photo by Jerry baldoCk
Fermina, Zenas, Anna and Abel ortega at the doorway of their new home.
Local residents show
support for cat rescue
By Jodi Schneider McNamee
Correspondent
Almost five years ago
Sisters resident Pam Creason,
Sisters Mercantile manager
for 29 years before it closed in
2013, decided to adopt a kit-
ten after her beloved Siamese
cat passed away. She placed a
call to Cat Rescue Adoption
& Foster Team (CRAFT) in
Bend.
“I remember seeing their
little donation jars around
town, so I called CRAFT and
spoke with Janice Sershen, a
volunteer there. I told her that
I was looking for a Siamese,
and she said she would call
me if they got one that fit what
I was looking for,” Creason
said. “Janice called me back
not long after that, right when
I was getting ready to go on
vacation. But I went out to
Craft off of Tumalo Road near
Bend, and it was love at first
sight after looking at a gor-
geous Siamese kitten that they
had.”
While working at Sisters
Mercantile, Creason remem-
bers caring for a stray neu-
tered cat for 10 years. He lin-
gered around outside of the
store and was named Rodeo.
“The reason folks named
See CrAFt on page 30
Habitat refurbishes home for Ortegas
By Jim Cornelius
News Editor
“This is where we turn
a house into a home, which
makes it very special.”
So said Nan Daschel of
Sisters Habitat for Humanity
as she kicked off the dedica-
tion of the new home of the
Ortega family of Sisters last
Wednesday.
The Ortegas — Abel,
Fermina, Anayancin, Jenifer
and Zenas — are the 55th
family to purchase a home as
a partner of the Sisters chap-
ter of the international home-
building organization.
The Oretega’s home,
where Main Avenue meets
Locust Street, has a unique
history, as described by
Habitat Executive Director
Sharlene Weed. It was origi-
nally built in the 1970s in
Deschutes River Ranch near
Tumalo, and was moved to
Sisters in 2002 and refur-
bished for a habitat home.
When the Orlandos family
moved on, they had $30,000
in equity from the home. The
house was then refurbished
again by Habitat volunteers
led by construction manager
Shawn O’Hern, and prepared
for the Ortega family.
“This is a very well-
used, well-loved, recycled
… house,” Weed said. “It’s a
very win-win-win situation.”
Family partner Rick
Slavkovsky presented
the Ortega family with
the traditional Bible as a
house-warming gift, offering
a kind word for each member
of the family. Co-family part-
ner Margaret Doke offered
symbolic gifts of bread
(plenty); a candle (St. Joseph,
patron saint of home and fam-
ily); honey (sweetness of life);
wine (joy); and coins (good
fortune).
“It’s been a pleasure work-
ing with you, and I wish you
many happy years in your
new home,” she said.
The Ortegas were also pre-
sented with an afghan hand-
knitted by Habitat cabinet
builder Ed Peterson of Gates.
Father Jude Onogbosele
blessed the house, and then
the Ortegas gathered on the
porch for the symbolic ribbon-
cutting for their new home.
SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR
Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild
4th Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For
location information: 541-549-2072.
ALANON Monday, noon, Shepherd
of the Hills Lutheran Church •
Central Oregon Spinners and
Wednesday, 6 p.m., The Episcopal
Weavers Guild 4th Saturday, 1 to
Church of the Transfi guration.
3 p.m. Sisters Library. 541-639-3217.
541-549-8737 or 541-549-1527.
Central Oregon Woodworkers
Alcoholics Anonymous Thursday &
Guild 1st Monday. 541-610-9022.
Sunday, 7 p.m., The Episcopal Church
East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th
of the Transfi guration • Saturday,
Wednesday, September-June, Stitchin’
8 a.m., The Episcopal Church of the
Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.
Transfi guration • Monday, 5 p.m.,
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church
Friends of the Sisters Library
• Tuesday, noon, Big Book study,
Board of Directors 2nd Tuesday,
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church • 9 to 11 a.m., Sisters Library. Public is
Thursday, noon, Sober Sisters Women welcome. 541-977-8285.
Meeting, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers)
Church. 541-548-0440.
1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City
Authors Support Group 2nd Friday,
Hall. Just bring scissors! 503-880-5832.
10 a.m., Sisters Area Chamber of
Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to
Commerce. 541-588-0081.
4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-548-3304.
Black Butte Macintosh Users Group
3rd Thursday, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Sisters Military Parents of Sisters 2nd
Library community room. 541-549-1471. Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Ray’s Food Place
community room. 541-647-7483.
Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club
Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters
Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., Black Butte
Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.,
Ranch community room. All welcome;
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-408-5594.
partner required. 541-595-6236.
SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings
Central Oregon Council on Aging
Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters & Enrichment) Wednesdays, 1 to
4 p.m. at SPRD. 541-549-2091.
Community Church. 541-678-5483.
BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS
Sisters Area Photography Club
2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library
community room. 541-549-6157.
Sisters Area SketchUp Users Group
2nd Wednesday, 7 p.m., Earthwood
Timber Frame Homes. 541-549-0924.
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,
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123.
Three Sisters Irrigation District
Board of Directors 1st Tuesday,
4 p.m., TSID Offi ce. 541-549-8815.
Three Sisters Lions Club 2nd
Tuesday, 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 541-549-1132.
CITY & PARKS
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.
Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD
Board of Directors 3rd Tuesday,
5 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall, 301 S. Elm St.
541-549-0771.
Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD Drills
Mondays, 7 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall,
301 S. Elm St. 541-549-0771.
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,
SSD Admin Bldg. See schedule at www.
sisters.k12.or.us. 541-549-8521 x4011.
This calendar is for reg
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