Wednesday, January 27, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
READING: Parents
are working to
support schools
PAIN: Stretching
can play a role in
alleviating pain
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resources to support and raise
eager and motivated read-
ers,” says Stephanie Jensen,
Title 1 reading specialist for
the Sisters School District.
“Parents are their child’s first
teacher and an essential part-
ner in the teaching and learn-
ing process.”
The elementary school
Sisters Parent Teacher
Community (SPTC) started
from a group of parents look-
ing to participate and support
the elementary school on a
broader level. The SPTC is
an all-volunteer group that
meets monthly in the C-Wing
at SES. Programs supported
by the SPTC include the
Scholastic Book Fair, Sisters
Elementary School Spirit
Sale, Holiday Book Exchange
and more. All funds raised by
the SPTC go to support semi-
annual teacher grants and off-
set student fees.
For more information on
the Common Core Family
Reading Night or to get
involved with the Sisters
Elementary SPTC, contact
Haley Ellis at ellis.haley@
gmail.com.
sit, stand, walk, and lie in
bed. He will also explain the
role of simple stretches to
avoid or alleviate simple
aches and pains.
With offices in Sisters and
Bend, Dr. Jeffrey has been
practicing for 15 years. A
native of Southern California,
he earned undergraduate
degrees in clinical physiol-
ogy and civil engineering
from Boston University and
his Doctor of Chiropractic
degree from Palmer College
of Chiropractic in Davenport,
Iowa.
Jeffrey has done a num-
ber of post-graduate studies
including ELDOA, which
is a myofascial stretching
technique that lengthens the
spine. The fascial system
helps interconnect muscles
and coordinates them within
not only a single joint move-
ment but multiple joints as
well. It is only within the last
five years that the treatment
of fascial tissue has gained
favor. He teaches ELDOA
classes at Sisters Athletic
Club two times a week for
members and nonmembers.
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Sisters Science Fair
features businesses
photo provided
Dr. robert Jeffrey.
Jeffrey and his wife,
Robine, moved to Oregon
from Santa Cruz, California,
living for five years in Bend
before moving to Sisters
six years ago. Robine is a
licensed marriage and fam-
ily therapist and the family,
including 11-year-old daugh-
ter Marieke and 9-year-old
son Lex, run Harmony Farm
Sanctuary, a nonprofit res-
cue facility for farm animals.
Their most famous resident is
Zoey the pig.
Jeffrey’s talk will be the
second of four in the annual
Diane Jacobson Speaker
Series sponsored by Friends
of the Sisters Library (FOSL).
The event is open to the pub-
lic and free of charge. Seating
is limited.
Are your gyros spinning
in the right direction? Do you
know what a pool table, an
ellipse and simple geometry
have in common? At what
point does science fiction and
reality merge?
The answers to these ques-
tions and many more of life’s
puzzles will be unveiled at
the upcoming Sisters Science
Fair on Saturday, February
20, from noon to 4 p.m. at
Sisters High School. Exhibits,
experiments and contests will
fill the high school with sci-
ence that’s fascinating, con-
founding, astonishing, capti-
vating and compelling. The
good news is these conun-
drums will each have a scien-
tific-minded person there to
explain, demonstrate and dif-
ferentiate between the facts
and the myths.
The theme this year is
“The Science of Nature,” and
the fair will delve into many
outdoor science topics as well
as astronomy, rocketry, phys-
ics, chemistry and animal sci-
ence. The planetarium will
return with scheduled shows
displaying the night skies,
and a special comet simulator
that promises to demonstrate
the icy cosmic snowballs.
Businesses will also be
on hand to explain their sci-
entific equipment and tech-
nology. Bend Research will
have a display and hands-on
experiment table for har-
monic waves. Sisters’ own
Energyneering will bring
their flight simulator and St.
Charles hospital will have
mini classes on health and
the body. Trout Unlimited
and the U.S. Forest Service
have teamed up with an out-
door science exhibit and a
fish tank with salmon and
steelhead trout.
Once again, the Design,
Construct and Compete
(DCC) Contest will take over
the high school gym with
another mousetrap car com-
petition, but this year, with an
intriguing twist. All ages can
compete pitting their mouse-
trap car against other teams
for top cash prizes.
To find out more about the
Sisters Science Fair visit the
Sisters Science Club website
at sistersscienceclub.org.
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