Wednesday, June 3, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Students receive
books from Rotary
By kathryn Godsiff
Correspondent
The last Friday of May
holds special significance for
Sisters Country first grade stu-
dents. That’s the day the Rotary
Club of Sisters celebrates lit-
eracy with Books for Kids, an
event in its sixth year that saw
each student heading home last
Friday with a hard-cover book
and a host of other goodies, all
lodged in a backpack.
Each student selected his
or her book a few months ago,
after classroom teachers read
from a selection of six books
chosen this year by Paige
Bentley-Flannery, a Sisters
librarian with the Deschutes
Public Library. Each book con-
tains a nameplate with the stu-
dent’s name printed on it.
This year the celebration
was held in the Sisters High
School auditorium and the
space hummed with excite-
ment as 86 well-behaved
first graders took their seats.
Several parents, community
members and Rotarians were
also present.
According to Sondra
Anderson, who teaches a com-
bined class of kindergartners
and first graders at the Sisters
Christian Academy, “The
See BookS on page 30
the Hip Hop 1 class performed “Cooler than Me,” joined by Shannon abero for a “nerdy” transformation.
Spring recital wows audience
By Jodi Schneider McNamee
Exhibit reveals
struggles of salmon
An integrative arts-and-
science education program
in Sisters will host an artists’
reception from 4 to 6 p.m. on
Thursday, June 4 at Sisters
Art Works. The community
is invited to come and learn
about fish reintroduction in
local streams and rivers.
The show title is
Defenseless Through the
Water, meant to depict the
struggles that salmon and
steelhead have faced in their
reintroduction into Whychus
Creek. Within the show are
six projects, including: A col-
laborative watercolor making
a salmon; an interactive proj-
ect using Ph measurements; a
photo by Jerry baldock
Correspondent
fish print piece; a pair of wad-
ers filled with native plants
collected on expeditions; a
fish-skin installation from
the Wizard Falls Hatchery,
and a photo piece depicting a
healthy riparian zone.
This spring, a portion
of the Sisters High School
IEE (Interdisciplinary
Environmental Education)
class spent four weeks
exploring and taking data
on rivers around Central
Oregon. The project was a
collaboration, with teacher
Glen Herron collecting sci-
entific data; and artist and
See SalMoN on page 29
According to a study
published in Proceedings
of the National Academy of
Sciences, music and dance
share a parallel expression of
emotion. This new research
suggests that the two disci-
plines can express a mood
together, with complementary
methods of generating the
dynamics of feeling.
That was proven true
Saturday evening when over
a hundred dancers of all ages
from Sisters Dance Academy
performed their 11th semi-
annual recital in the Sisters
High School auditorium.
“This year we started a
new journey at the dance
academy,” announced Lonnie
Liddell, owner and dance
instructor at Sisters Dance
Academy. “We established
our performance ensemble,
choreographed by dance
teacher Kayla Williams. The
dancers are ages 11 through
15 who’ve been selected for
not only their ability but for
their passion and dedication
to dance, and we’ve worked
so hard to bring this group of
13 dancers to their first com-
petition in Portland, and they
did super-well.”
Using the theme
“Journeys,” the dancers rep-
resented the many different
kinds of journeys through
dance.
The journey of a clas-
sic children’s fairy tale was
depicted by the tiniest of danc-
ers during the adorable perfor-
mance of “Thumbelina.”
The audience went wild
when seven dancers dressed
in ’20s clothes from head to
toe took a trip down mem-
ory lane and performed tap
to “Hot Honey Rag,” a song
from the musical “Chicago.”
The solo ballet perfor-
mance of “A Whole New
World” by Sara Rietmann
inspired everyone with her
natural ability to dance. The
audience watched in awe as
Rietmann performed beauti-
fully to the popular Disney
song. The number was cho-
reographed by dance instruc-
tor Jordi Gauthier. Rietmann
graduated from Bend High
School last year.
In any culture, music and
dance go together. Dance
and music are integral to the
culture of people all over the
world, and it unites them like
no other activity on earth.
And the last performance
before intermission was a
huge highlight when the
stage came alive with African
See DaNCe on page 31
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: 541-279-1977.
Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon,
Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-977-6545.
Sisters Trails Alliance Board of
Directors 2nd Wed., 5:30 to 7 p.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. 541-419-1279.
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
scheduled meetings; ularly
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