Wednesday, September 16, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Library offers
digital downloads
By diane Goble
Correspondent
Did you know you could
now borrow ebooks from the
library and read them imme-
diately right on your device
with a single click? You sim-
ply download OverDrive
Read, a browser-based ebook
reader that works on most
computers, tablets and mobile
devices running web browsers
with HTML5 support, such
as Chrome, Firefox, Safari,
and Internet Explorer 10 and
above.
It’s easy to use — and there
are no fines for overdue books.
Books expire from you device
after three weeks if you don’t
renew. Books are available
24/7 and you can check out
up to eight ebooks or digital
audio books at a time from
your computer, tablet or smart
phone.
OverDrive Read has many
of the same features as popu-
lar reading apps and ebook
readers, like the ability to add
bookmarks, search for terms,
add notes and highlights, look
up words, and change the font.
It also offers some extra fea-
tures, like fixed-layout sup-
port for graphic-heavy ebooks
and professional narration
for some titles. As long as
you have an active Internet
See lIBRaRy on page 22
“abandoned Barn” by Ray eyerly.
Ray Eyerly — a Sisters original
City council seat
remains vacant
The Sisters City Council
still has a vacant Council
seat due to the resignation of
Councilor Wendy Holzman.
The City encourages inter-
ested parties to apply for the
vacated seat by submitting an
application to City Recorder
Kathy Nelson by September
18. The deadline has been
extended due to lack of candi-
dates filing.
Candidates must be a qual-
ified elector within the mean-
ing of the state constitution
and have resided within city
limits during the preceding
12 months. Applications may
be found on the home page
photo provided
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
in the announcements section
of the City’s website at www.
ci.sisters.or.us or at the recep-
tion desk in City Hall at 520
E. Cascade Avenue.
Council meetings are
held the second and fourth
Thursdays of the month at 7
p.m. Workshops are held the
first and third Thursdays of
the month at 8 a.m. and sec-
ond and fourth Thursday of
the month at 6 p.m. All meet-
ings are held at City Hall.
For more information
contact City Recorder Kathy
Nelson by email at knelson@
ci.sisters.or.us or by calling
541-323-5213.
A man of humble begin-
nings, with no formal educa-
tion, who worked at many
trades during his lifetime,
might have easily slipped
from community memory
after dying.
For one such man, Ray-
mond Leslie Eyerly, his
memory lives on here in Sis-
ters and more widely through
his paintings that provide a
glimpse of the rugged coun-
try of Central and Eastern
Oregon, its landscapes and
people.
All of his work was the
result of his innate artistic tal-
ent. The only formal training
he had was one year of art
school as a young teenager,
earned by serving as the
school’s janitor.
At the time of his death on
July 31, 1980, at the age of
85, Eyerly had created over
1,000 pieces of art, includ-
ing pastels, pen-and-inks,
watercolors and oil paintings.
The actual number cannot be
accurately estimated because
he kept no records of his work
and only started numbering
some of them later in life.
Many of his pieces are cur-
rently in museums, private
collections, and in the homes
of individuals who purchased
them off the walls of The Gal-
lery Restaurant in downtown
Sisters. During those years,
his originals sold for $8,000
to $12,000. According to for-
mer owner of The Gallery,
Jim Cheatham, they usually
sold one or two originals a
year. Cheatham also kept a
box of Eyerly’s prints at the
restaurant and sold two or
three a day.
His talents were recog-
nized far beyond Sisters as he
won awards, particularly for
his use of color. According to
Beverly Blodgett’s biography
of Eyerly, “A Picture or Two
– The Story of Ray Eyerly”
(1974) — he became the first
artist honored by a resolution
in the joint houses of the Ore-
gon Legislature. On June 3,
1971, Oregon’s master artist
received official State recog-
nition with a standing ovation
at the Oregon State Legisla-
ture and was the first artist in
the history of Oregon to be so
See eyeRly on page 24
SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR
Sisters Area Photography Club
2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library
community room. 541-549-6157.
Al-AnonmMonday,mnoon,mShepherdm
Sisters Area SketchUp Users Group
ofmthemHillsmLutheranmChurchmm•mmm
Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild m
2nd Wednesday, 7 p.m., Earthwood
Wednesday,m6mp.m.,mThemEpiscopalm
4thmSaturdays,m10ma.m.mtom4mp.m.mForm
Timber Frame Homes. 541-549-0924.
locationminformation:m541-549-2072.
ChurchmofmthemTransfimguration.m
541-549-8737morm541-549-1527.
Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd
Central Oregon Spinners and
Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.
Alateen Thursday,m7mp.m.,mThem
Weavers Guild 4thmSaturday,m1mtom
EpiscopalmChurchmofmthem
3mp.m.mSistersmLibrary.m541-639-3217.
Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays,
Transfimguration.m541-549-1527.
12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse.
Central Oregon Woodworkers
Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419.
Alcoholics AnonymousmThursdaym&m
Guild 1stmMonday.m541-610-9022.
Sunday,m7mp.m.,mThemEpiscopalmChurchm
Sisters Cribbage Club Tuesdays,
East of the Cascades Quilt Guildm4thm 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Ray’s Food Place
ofmthemTransfimgurationmm•mmSaturday,m
Wednesday,mSeptember-June,mStitchin’m
8ma.m.,mThemEpiscopalmChurchmofmthem
community room. 541-923-1632.
Post.mAllmaremwelcome.m541-549-6061.
Transfimgurationmm•mmMonday,m5mp.m.,m
Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board
ShepherdmofmthemHillsmLutheranmChurchmm Friends of the Sisters Library Board
of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.
•mmTuesday,mnoon,mBigmBookmstudy,m
of Directors 2ndmTuesday,m9mtom11ma.m.,m Location information: 541-549-1193.
ShepherdmofmthemHillsmLutheranmChurchmm•m SistersmLibrary.m541-977-8285.
Thursday,mnoon,mSobermSistersmWomenm
Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to
Meeting,mShepherdmofmthemHillsmLutheranm Heartwarmers (flmeecemblanketmakers)m 8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at
1stm&m3rdmTuesdays,m1mp.m.,mSistersmCitym Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870.
Church.m541-548-0440.
Hall.mJustmbringmscissors!m503-880-5832.m
Authors Support Groupm2ndmFriday,m
Sisters Parent Teacher Community
10ma.m.,mSistersmAreamChambermofm
Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to 3rd Wednesday, 3:15 p.m., Sisters
Commerce.m541-588-0081.
4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-548-3304.
Elementary C-wing. 971-570-2405.
Black Butte Macintosh Users Groupmm Military Parents of Sisters 2nd
Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.
3rdmThursday,m3:30mtom5:30mp.m.,mSistersm Thursday, 7 p.m., 17549 Knight Rd.,
Location information: 541-279-1977.
Librarymcommunitymroom.m541-549-1471. Bend (Plainview area). 541-388-9013.
Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon,
Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club
Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-977-6545.
Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters
Tuesdays,m12:30mp.m.,mBlackmButtem
Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.,
Sisters Trails Alliance Board of
Ranchmcommunitymroom.mAllmwelcome;m
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-408-5594.
Directors 2nd Wed., 5:30 to 7 p.m.
partnermrequired.m541-595-6236.
The Pines Clubhouse. 541-719-8822.
SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings
Celebrate Recovery Thursdays,m
& Enrichment) Wednesdays, 1 to
Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon,
7mp.m.,mWestsidemChurch-Sistersm
4 p.m. at SPRD. 541-549-2091.
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123.
Campus.m541-389-6859.
BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS
Central Oregon Council on Aging
Senior Lunch Tuesdays,mnoon,mSistersm
CommunitymChurch.m541-678-5483.
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.
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, 541-549-0771.
Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD Drills
Mondays, 7 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall,
301 S. Elm St. 541-549-0771.
CITY & PARKS
SCHOOLS
Sisters City Council 2nd &
4th Thursday, 7 p.m., Sisters City Hall.
541-549-6022.
Sisters Park & Recreation District
Board of Directors 1st Tuesday,
6 p.m., SPRD building. 541-549-2091.
Sisters Planning Commission
3rd Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Sisters
City Hall. 541-549-6022.
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 .
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.
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