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Wednesday, January 20, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Life-skills kids enjoy a night of hoops
By Izaak Kanzig
Correspondent
A night of close games,
great sportsmanship, and
cheerful enthusiasm from the
athletes and the players was
exactly what Head Coach
Josh Nordell intended when
establishing Project Unify in
Sisters.
Project Unify is a coalition
of the students in the special
education and life-skills
classes at Sisters High School
and Sisters Middle School.
The Outlaws faced off
against Sutherlin High
School. The number of spec-
tators was far beyond what
both coaches and athletes
expected.
Nordell plans to expand
Project Unify events. Plans
for soccer, softball, and golf
in the upcoming seasons
are underway. Looking into
the future, Nordell hopes to
emulate the growth that the
Valley schools have had,
where over 50 schools par-
ticipate annually. He hopes
to have an established league
open to all institutions in the
greater Bend area, also focus-
ing on social events as well as
athletics.
“I don’t think this will ever
stop, I think we will expand
on it and it will become big-
ger and bigger as time goes
on,” he said.
A magnificent visitor...
photo by laurie eichhorn bretz
Laurie eichhorn Bretz got a nice shot of a golden eagle that
visited her home near Sisters last week.
Gather ’Round
The Campfire…
…at Sisters Art Works
204 W. Adams Ave. (Corner of Ash & Adams)
Friday, January 22 • 4 to 7 p.m.
(During the 4th Friday Art Stroll)
photo by izaaK Kanzig
Andrew Aljets drives up the court for the outlaws.
StAIRCLIMB: Funds
raised will help to
battle cancer
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of the pack of 1,900 firefight-
ers that participated last year,
and not dead last. This year’s
goal is to beat last years’
time.”
This year the three local
fire departments — Black
Butte Ranch, Cloverdale,
and Sisters-Camp Sherman
— have formed a team
called Sisters Country Fire.
Firefighters from all three
departments will be partici-
pating in the event.
As a prelude to the climb,
firefighters from the local
departments will be partici-
pating in a series of fundrais-
ers over the next 40 days.
100 percent of the proceeds
from each of these fund-
raisers go to the Leukemia
& Lymphoma Society.
Participating firefighters each
pay their own expenses to
participate, including travel,
lodging, and meals.
The departments would
like to give a special
thank-you to Ray’s Food
Place in Sisters for allow-
ing fundraising efforts in the
store.
Cloverdale Fire Chief
Thad Olsen said that “the
Scott Firefighter Stairclimb
exemplifies the teamwork
of firefighters everywhere,
who always seem to be able
to come together in emergen-
cies to help perfect strangers
who are faced with seemingly
insurmountable problems.”
Sisters-Camp Sherman
Fire Chief Roger Johnson
said, “Firefighters get into
this line of work to help peo-
ple. Curing disease is some-
thing that is beyond the abil-
ity of firefighters to achieve.
Many of us know persons
that have been touched by
cancers of the blood. By par-
ticipating in an event of this
nature firefighters are able to
do what they want to do most
— help people.”
Donations can be made
at any of the three local fire
departments or at www.
firefighterstairclimb.org.
Click on the “donate” button,
then click “team” and enter
“Sisters Country Fire” in the
search bar.
The hand-forged fi repit was created by
Jeff Wester. All are invited to join us for
Moonstruck Mexican Hot Chocolate, a cup of
hot chili,meet the artist, listen to music and
enjoy the warmth of the fi re with friends.
Artist Reception for
Kim Kimerling’s Show
“Exploring Mixed Media Collage”
on display in the Sisters Art Works
Gallery through March 20.