Wednesday, September 2, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Kiwanis awards
vocational scholarship
The Sisters Kiwanis
Club awards financial aid
to adults who are seeking
a career change. This pro-
gram, known as the Kiwanis
Career Opportunity Fund
(OCF) assists local adults (25
or older) who are financially
unable to return to school or
retrain for a career change.
Yumi Eykelbosch, a Sisters
resident, was recently awarded
an OCF scholarship that aids
her studies for a B.S. degree in
dental hygiene. Yumi attends
the dental hygiene program
at the Oregon Institute of
Technology in Klamath Falls.
She had worked for several
years, as a dental assistant, in a
Sisters practice but wanted to
advance her career in the field.
When presented with the
OCF award, Yumi was asked
why she was returning to col-
lege. She responded that, as a
single mother, she was having
a tough time financially and
a career as a dental hygienist
would combine stable employ-
ment with a comfortable
income. She also emphasized
that Kiwanis’ financial support
helped make it possible for her
to be a full-time student.
The Kiwanis Career
Opportunity Fund provides
financial assistance to start,
See kIWANIS on page 28
photo provided
Jack kleinhoff demonstrated old-school cabin-building tools.
Taste of Sisters benefits Luther Metke’s legacy lives on
food bank, Furry Friends
By Jim Anderson
Tickets are on sale now for
Taste of Sisters, set for Friday,
September 18, starting at
6 p.m.
The event, in its third year,
will be hosted at Eurosports,
featuring food from nearly all
of the restaurants in Sisters,
according to organizer Karen
Kassy. The event is a fund-
raiser for Sisters Kiwanis
Food Bank and Furry Friends
Foundation, which helps fami-
lies in Sisters by offering a pet
food bank, assistance with
spay and neutering, and with
veterinary care for families
with animals in need.
Admission to the event is
on a sliding scale, $15-$50.
That’s to ensure that the event
is accessible to the whole
community, regardless of
means, Kassy explained.
“We want everyone to feel
included and welcome,” she
said. “It’s a win-win all the
way around: participants get
to support our great charities
while trying out all the res-
taurants’ food and our restau-
rants have gained some new
customers from past Taste of
Sisters.”
There will be entertain-
ment, featuring aerial silks
performers opening up for
Beatles cover band “Juju
See BeNeFIT on page 28
Correspondent
Last Wednesday was the
130th anniversary of the
birth of Luther Metke, cabin-
builder of Camp Sherman.
A big celebration of his life
was held on Metke Lane in
Metolius. There were sev-
eral presenters providing
information on recreation,
film, wildlife, history and
cabin-building.
There were guided
walks throughout the Metke
Corridor on butterfly and
birding talks, picnicking,
games, and lots of, “Oh, hi
there, haven’t seen you in a
long time,” greetings of old
friends and pals from Metke’s
days of log-cabin building.
There were no airplanes
in 1885, when Luther Metke
was born; the automobile was
shaping up in Henry Ford’s
mind. Earth-moving equip-
ment was powered by horses
and steam engines. Grover
Cleveland was president of a
strong and growing America,
and in the industrial city of
Buffalo, New York, “growth”
was the word of the day.
That same year in that
same city, Luther Metke was
born. Little did he know he
would set a precedent in the
tiny community of Camp
Sherman, Oregon, when he
was in the twilight of his
life. In fact, he was a man
who helped shape the life
and times of Central Oregon
— one of the best log-home-
builders in this neck of the
woods, still at it at 94 years
of age.
Metke, better known by
his grandchildren in later
years as Dar Dar, served in
the Spanish American War as
a teenager.
He came to Oregon in
1907. One of the first jobs
he had when he arrived was
on the road department of
sprawling Crook County
(part of which would become
Deschutes County). He and
his crew engineered the pres-
ent route from Bend to Burns,
which at that time was just a
See MeTke on page 28
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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