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Wednesday, June 10, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Sisters Habitat names new manager Rory Petterson earns
multiple honors
By diane goble
Correspondent
Sisters Habitat for
Humanity has hired a new
construction manager.
Darleene Snider, who
grew up on a farm where
she learned to “fix things,”
spent 22 years in the U.S.
Air Force, traveling to all but
one continent (Antarctica).
She deployed with troops as
essential ground support for
flying missions. The mis-
sion could follow an explo-
sion, an invasion, a tsunami,
wherever air support was
needed. Her contingency
response team planned, orga-
nized, and built all the facili-
ties needed for the mission
— from buildings to runways
— then dismantled them after
mission-accomplished.
“We were first in, last
out,” she said.
When she decided to retire
several years ago, she and her
partner took vacations driv-
ing around several western
states each trip, stopping in
towns, meeting some people
and taking in the atmosphere.
Something magical happened
when they stopped in Sisters
— it felt like home. They also
considered another compel-
ling Oregon town, put in bids
on two properties and went
with the one that came to
them first.
Snider is considering
turning their acreage in the
Camp Polk area into a tree
farm, among other ideas. She
enjoys being outdoors, build-
ing things and likes working
for nonprofits. She’s been
out pulling up old fence-
posts and barbed wire with
the Oregon Natural Desert
Association and hopes to do
some hiking and kayaking
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photo by diane Goble
darleene Snider has worked on several habitat homes.
during the summer. She has
it on her bucket list to take
a cruise to that last continent
— Antarctica.
As a Team Leader for
Habitat’s Women Build for
the past two years and as a
general volunteer, Snider has
worked on three builds and
two landscaping jobs. She’s
familiar with the Habitat
program and had the support
of her fellow volunteers in
applying for the construction
manager position.
She says, “I’m tickled pink
to have this job doing what I
love to do and working with
these really great people.”
When Snider first started
volunteering, she was the
only female worker; now
there are two more, including
Lynn Jones, who is the safety
representative, and Ellie
Hammond, who never built
a house before she became
a volunteer. Now Snider is
the only paid worker leading
six to 12 volunteers, which
occasionally includes Care-
A-Vaners, who travel around
the country in their RVs and
stop at Habitat build sites to
volunteer their construction
expertise. She currently has
Care-A-Vaners Dan and Susie
helping out at the Swain and
Maxwell house builds on East
Cascade Avenue.
Habitat always needs
more volunteers, especially
during the summer, whether
it’s doing home construc-
tion or repairs, or helping
out for a few hours a week
or month at the Thrift Store
or ReStore. Orientations are
held twice a month on the
first and third Wednesdays.
Contact Volunteer and Family
Services Manager Marie
Clasen at marie@sisters
habitat.org or 541-549-1193.
On Wednesday, June 3,
Rory Petterson of Sisters was
presented the Sisters VFW
Post 8138 Boy Scout of the
Year Award by Bill Anttila,
C o m m a n d e r, a n d E a r l
Schroeder, Vice Commander,
and post members.
The award ceremony
was held at Sisters City
Hall.
Rory was the recipient of
this year’s award, certificate
and check for $100, for his
dedication to community ser-
vice projects in Sisters. One
of his most recent projects
was assisting in the construc-
tion of the pavilion at Fir
Street Park.
Last month, Petterson
was the recipient of one of
The Center Foundation’s
awards of $1,500, schol-
arships granted to Central
Oregon high school juniors
who maintain high academic
standards, participate in
extracurricular activities and
leadership in their schools,
and are involved in commu-
nity service.
Scholarships were
awarded at the Salute to
Heroes Dinner hosted at the
Bend Country Club. The
Center Foundation had well
over 100 applicants this year,
interviewed 27, and awarded
16 scholarships.
photo provided
earl Schroeder (left) and Bill anttila (right) presented Scout of the Year
honors to rory Petterson.
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