24 Wednesday, May 13, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon WoMEN BuILD: Event is part of a national Habitat program Continued from page 3 photo proviDeD Norma Holmes is featured in a major exhibit of east-side art. Local artist exhibits in Baker City Well-known Sisters pas- tel artist Norma Holmes is exhibiting through the month of May at Crossroads Carnegie Art Center in Baker City. Holmes is the featured art- ist in the exhibition “Land – Escapes on Oregon’s Eastside.” “With my pastels I have traveled and painted many breathtaking scenes en plein air, a method used by today’s contemporary landscape painters as a means of inter- preting the life, lay, and light of the land with expressive energy,” Holmes said. “My medium, dry pastel, captures with immediacy the many moods of Mother Nature. I believe that the power of nature nurtures artistic expression.” The art will be on display and available for purchase through Saturday, May 30. these families. They work so hard to fulfill their dream of being a homeowner.” Darleene Snider is a team leader who traces her passion for community service to her service in the U.S. Air Force. She says she likes “building things and being outside,” and strives to build commu- nity through her work. This is her second year with Women Build and she hopes to con- tinue working with Habitat for Humanity. Sandy Brink, a Sisters Habitat board member, who also works at US Bank, helped with the landscaping at a Habitat home across the street last year and this year decided to pound some nails. She enjoys the whole expe- rience, the friendships she makes, and says, “It’s just a good thing to do.” David Spain is particularly interested in getting his fam- ily into their own home as quickly as possible. He and daughter Marie, a junior at Sisters High School, and son Brock, an eighth-grader at Sisters Middle School, look forward to each having their own room and their dream of photo by Gary miller Marla Brinkman, a future Habitat for Humanity homeowner, put in work at Thursday’s Women’s Build event. homeownership coming true. If you are looking for a way to give back to the com- munity, have some time on your hands, want to meet new people and make new friends, community members are invited to become a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity Thrift Store or ReStore or the building crew. Orientations are held the first and third Wednesday of every month above the Thrift Store at 141 W. Main Ave. For information or to RSVP for the next orien- tation, contact Volunteer and Family Services Manager Marie Clasen at marie@sistershabitat.org or 541-549-1193. Prevent a Litter, Fix Your Critter! FURRY FRIEND S FOUNDATION 501 ( c )( 3 ) www.furryfriendsfoundation.org 541-549-9941 501(c)(3) nonprofi t organization Spay/Neuter Sponsorships - Easy as 1-2-3 1 Stop by The Nugget offi ce to fi ll out a short form 2 Call Bend Spay & Neuter for the appointment 3 Take your pet — Furry Friends pays. Done!