Wednesday, July 15, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Oregon Wild official
to speak in Sisters
By Craig F. eisenbeis
Correspondent
As part of its continuing
quarterly speaker series, the
Sisters Trails Alliance (STA)
will be hosting a presenta-
tion by Oregon Wild’s Central
Oregon Field Representative
Pam Hardy.
She plans to talk about the
organization’s efforts to pro-
tect National Forests, wild-
life and clean water. Some of
Oregon Wild’s most recent
efforts, such as fighting for
designation of new wilder-
ness areas near places like
Crater Lake, will also be on
the agenda.
Founded in 1974, Oregon
Wild works to inform and
involve the public in the
important conservation issues
in Oregon. The organization
believes that Oregon’s wild-
lands, wildlife, and waters
belong to all of us, and that’s
the best way to protect those
resources is to keep the public
involved and informed.
As the organization’s repre-
sentative for Central Oregon,
Hardy’s work often involves
See oreGoN WIlD on page 24
Hayden Homes to
discuss development
Representatives of the
developer Hayden Homes
will float alternative ideas
for the remaining phases of
their housing development
on the west side of Sisters on
Thursday, July 16.
The Sisters Planning
Commission will hold a work-
shop that evening at City Hall
at 5:30 p.m. Representatives
from Hayden Homes will
be presenting options to the
Planning Commission and
the public for a revised devel-
opment plan for Village at
Cold Springs Phases III and
VI-VIII. The public is invited
to attend and provide their
input.
The development plan
approved by the City of
Sisters in 2010 called for 273
total dwelling units, includ-
ing 164 apartments and 109
townhouses. Hayden Homes’
development model and area
of expertise is in construction
of single-family residences.
Sisters, like much of
the region, currently has an
extremely tight rental market
and difficulties in providing
workforce housing, making the
prospect of the construction of
more housing of significant
interest in the community.
The public workshop will
be held at 520 E. Cascade Ave.
Contact Patrick Davenport,
community development
director, at 541-323-5219 or
pdavenport@ci.sisters.or.us
for more information.
photo by Jodi sChneider MCnaMee
Diane rickenbacher made a special quilt for Ali Mayea.
Local receives special quilt
By Jodi Schneider McNamee
Correspondent
Last year at the 39th
annual Sisters Outdoor Quilt
Show animal portrait quil-
ter Diane Rickenbacher of
Pollock Pines, California
surprised Dan and Stephanie
O’Neill, a Sisters couple,
with two quilts of their hus-
kies Kaiya and Keynu as a
gift.
What made this story
even more unique is that
Rickenbacher and the
O’Neills were virtual strang-
ers and had only met at the
quilt show in Sisters the year
before. Rickenbacher had
been admiring the O’Neills’
two dogs and had taken a
couple of snapshots of them
with her camera, chatted a
few moments and then went
back to Pollock Pines after
the quilt show.
After looking at the
photos again back home,
Rickenbacher decided to turn
the photos into quilts as a
random act of kindness, and
surprise the O’Neills at next
year’s quilt show, if she could
find them.
And find them she did
with the help of Ponderosa
Properties Realtor Ali Mayea.
“Since we didn’t know
where to find the O’Neills,
we stopped at Ponderosa
Properties to ask around,
since we purchased our sum-
mer home in Sisters from one
of the Realtors there, which
always seems to be rented
during Sisters quilt show. But
nobody knew who the dogs
belonged to in the photo I was
showing around, except Ali
Mayea, who happened to be
there at the time,” explained
Rickenbacher.
Mayea not only knew
the O’Neills, the pet par-
ents of the two huskies, but
hatched an elaborate plan of
how to surprise them with
See QuIlT GIFT on page 24
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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