Wednesday, April 15, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Personal saving rates razor thin
The number of Americans
with no emergency savings is
up over last year despite an
improving economy. Thirty-
four percent of adults lack the
ability to fix a car, replace an
appliance, or offset the loss
of a job. Last year the rate
was 29 percent. This is why
NeighborImpact is getting
the word out about Financial
Capability Month to let fami-
lies know there is local help
available.
Throughout April,
NeighborImpact is partner-
ing with The Corporation
for Enterprise Development
(CFED), a national nonprofit
organization that empow-
ers low- and moderate-
income households to build
and preserve their financial
future. NeighborImpact’s
HomeSource program pro-
vides opportunities to learn
about credit and budgeting,
money-management skills,
and the importance of saving
for a rainy day.
“NeighborImpact’s goal
is to help families build the
necessary tools to avoid a
major financial disaster,”
says Lynne McConnell,
NeighborImpact’s associate
director of HomeSource and
assets. “None of us can pre-
dict when a crisis might hit, so
it’s essential to be prepared.”
While low-income fami-
lies are often hit hardest, even
higher-income earners lack
adequate savings. The survey
found that 50 percent of fami-
lies earning less than $40,000
a year have no savings, 34
percent of families earning
between $40,000 and $60,000
lack savings, along with 21
percent of families making
up to $100,000 per year, and
17 percent of families earning
more than $100,000.
NeighborImpact’s
goal is to help families
build the necessary
tools to avoid a major
financial disaster.
— Lynne McConnell
CFED also uses a map-
ping tool that shows the
poverty asset rate of house-
holds in Central Oregon. For
example, 34 percent of house-
holds in Deschutes County
lack liquid assets (money
in bank accounts, stocks,
mutual funds or retirement
accounts) to live at the pov-
erty line for three months in
the absence of income. That
rate jumps to 44 percent for
both Crook and Jefferson
counties.
Starts
Friday
Fri., April 17 – Thurs., April 23
The Wrecking
Crew (PG)
Fri 5:00 • Sat 2:30, 5:15
Sun 1:45, 4:30
Mon-Thurs 5:00
Paul Blart:
Mall Cop 2 (PG)
Fri 5:15, 7:30
Sat 3:00, 5:15, 7:30
Sun 2:15, 4:15, 6:30
Mon-Thurs 7:00
Woman in Gold (PG-13)
Fri 4:45, 7:00
Sat 2:45, 5:00, 7:15
Sun 2:00, 4:15, 6:30
Mon-Thurs 6:00
The Longest
Ride (PG-13)
Fri 4:30, 7:15
Sat 2:30, 7:15
Sun 1:45, 6:30
Mon-Thurs 6:15
Furious 7 (PG-13)
Fri 7:15 • Sat 4:30, 7:15
Sun 3:45, 6:30
Mon-Thurs 6:15
Movie times and titles are
bsite
subject to change. Visit we
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atio
rm
info
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late
for
or call
WWW.SISTERS
MOVIEHOUSE.COM
541-549-8800
April 18th / Sat.
Hot Buttered
Rum
Tales about good times,
bad times, and the
roads between, belted
from the heart in
3-part harmony.
8 PM • $16 online
April 25th / Sat.
T The Weather
Machine
Songwriter Slater Smith
and crew offer a rich,
spirited brand of
folk-rock. • 8 PM
May 2nd/Sat.
Taarka with The
Rainbow Girls
New acoustic super
group. Presenting
masterfully deep
Americana and gypsy
jazz string band music.
8 PM • $12 online
PUB OPENS 1-1/2 HOURS
PRIOR TO SHOWS
BelfryEvents.com
Call for Details
541-815-9122
McConnell
says
NeighborImpact recognizes
the need in the region and
makes workshops and one-
on-one coaching available in
all three counties: “With the
economy improving, now is
the perfect time to learn the
importance of saving so that
when the next recession hits
or medical emergency occurs,
families have something to
fall back on.”
For more informa-
tion on NeighborImpact’s
HomeSource program, visit
the website at http://www.
neighborimpact.org/services/
skills-for-success/ or call 541-
323-6567. Download a PDF
with a list of HomeSource
cl as s es at h t t p : / / www.
n e i g h b o r i m p a c t . o rg / F F _
Schedule_2015.pdf.
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On litter patrol...
photo by sue strater
gayla Nelson was out with her dog, Louie, and her horse,
splash, on an oregon equestrian trails/sisters trails Alliance
litter clean-up mission earlier this month. the organizations
are active in keeping sisters Country clean.
ENTERTAINMENT•ARTS•SPECIAL EVENTS
Hood Avenue Art Live Music
with Benji Nagel
g for 4th
Friday y Art Stroll 4 to 7 p.m.
The Open
p Door at
Faith Hope
p & Charity y
For additional information go
Clearwater Gallery Live
Vineyards
y
Live Music with
online to hoodavenueart.com
Music with Michael Howard
CinderBlue 6 to 9 p.m.
or call 541-719-1800.
7
p.m.
No
cover!
For
info
$5 cover. For additional
call 541-549-4994 or go to
Sisters Art Works “My y Own
information: 541-526-5075 or
faithhopeandcharityevents.com. theclearwatergallery.com.
Two Hands” Open House
3:30 to 6:30 p.m. For more
Sisters Community y Church
Tuesday~April 21 information call the Sisters Folf
Women’s Spring
g Event
Festival at 541-54 9-4979 or go
7 p.m. Free! Enjoy dessert
The Belfry Frontiers in
to sistersfolffestival.org.
and hear guest speaker Leslie Science 6 p.m. Free! Will
Smith, director of Redmond’s
Faith Hope
p & Charity y
Brendeke & John Bailey on
Pregnancy Resource Center.
y
Live Music with
sustainable forest management Vineyards
For info call 480-390-3638.
Jeff Jackson 6 to 9 p.m. $5
practices. For more info go to
cover. And Fondue Friday
sistersscienceclub.com.
Friday~April 17
is $15 per person! For
more info: 541-526-5075 or
Wed.~April
22
Faith Hope
p & Charity y
faithhopeandcharityevents.com.
Vineyards
y
Live Music
Sisters Fire Hall Bingo
with Derek Michael Marc
Fundraiser for Pepperling
pp
Saturday~April 25
6 to 9 p.m. $5 cover. And
6 p.m. To raise funds for a
Fondue Friday is $15 per
p Lakes, Black Butte
“bucfet list” Yellowstone trip for Aspen
person! 541-526-5075 or
Ranch & Eagle
g Crest courses
Gary Pepperling, with stage 4
faithhopeandcharityevents.com. pancreatic cancer. Enjoy Bingo
g Shootout
g Central Oregon
($1/card or 6/$5), with raffl es,
Golf Tourney y 13th annual
Saturday~April 18 silent auction, pulled porf meal event over 3 days! Register
for $10. Free coffee & iced tea. online at aspenlakes.com. For
The Belfry y Live Music with
For info call 541-306-0856.
information call 541-549-4653,
Hot Buttered Rum 8 to
541-595-5884, 541-504-3877.
11:45 p.m. $16 online at
Thursday~April
23
Black Butte Ranch
bendticket.com and $20 at tse
y p
on Lake
door day of ssow. For more
Sisters Fire Hall Woody Keen Symposium
Abert and Oregon’s
g
Saline
info call 541-815-9122 or go to Presentation 7 p.m. Free!
y
8:30 a.m. to
belfryevents.com.
Sisters Trails Alliance presents Lake Ecosystem
Woody’s discussion on “Leave 5 p.m. For tickets or additional
Sisters Park & Recreation
No Child Indoors.” Doors open info contact Dr. Frank Conte at
District Earth Day Spring
at 6 p.m. Info: 541-719-8822 or spfclrecon@centurylink.net.
Clean! 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Help
sisterstrails.com.
The Belfry y Live Music with
remove trass & litter from our
The Weather Machine 8 to
p & Charity y
community. You’ll receive bags, Faith Hope
11:30 p.m. For additional
gloves & location to clean.
Vineyards
y
Live Music with
information call 541-815-9122
Followed by “tsank-you” party! Reno & Cindy
y 6 to 9 p.m. $5
or go to belfryevents.com.
Register at solveoregon.org or cover. For info go online to
call 541-549-2019.
faithhopeandcharityevents.com
Sunday~April 26
or call 541-526-5075.
Hardtails Bar & Grill Live
Music on the Outdoor
Aspen
p Lakes, Black Butte
Friday~April 24
Stage!
g 1 to 4 p.m. (weather
Ranch & Eagle
g Crest courses
permitting). For more
Central Oregon
g Shootout
Paulina Springs
p g Books
information call 541-549-6114
Golf Tourney y 13th annual
Author Reading
g with
or go to hardtailsoregon.com.
event over 3 days! Register
Phillip
p Margolin,
g
“Woman
online at aspenlakes.com.
with
a
Gun”
6:30 p.m.
Sunday~April 19 With refreshments. $5 entry
For additional information call
541-549-4653, 541-595-5884,
refunded
upon
purchase
of
the
Faith Hope
p & Charity y
541-504-3877.
featured boof. Info: 541-549-
Vineyards
y
Live Music with
0866
or
paulinasprings.com.
gs.com.
Paulina Springs
p g Books
CinderBlue 1 to 3 p.m. for
Author Reading
g & Slideshow
the Amateur Wine & Beer
Aspen
p Lakes, Black Butte
with Thor Hanson, “The
Makers’ Competition. For
Ranch & Eagle
g Crest
Triumph
p of Seeds” 4 p.m.
more info: 541-526-5075 or
courses Central Oregon
g
With refreshments. $5 entry
faithhopeandcharityevents.com. Shootout Golf Tourney
y
refunded upon purchase of
13th annual event! Register
Deadline to submit items is
the featured book. For more
online
at
aspenlafes.com.
For
by 5 p.m. Fridays to
information call 541-549-0866
information
call
541-549-4653,
Teresa@NuggetNews.com
or go to paulinasprings.com.
541-595-5884, 541-504-3877.
Thursday~April 16
Monday~April 20