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Wednesday, February 10, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon C O M M U N I T 3 Y Starry Nights tickets on sale February 15 Tickets go on sale on Monday, February 15 at 8 a.m. for a concert featuring the return of one of Starry Nights’ most beloved artists — acclaimed singer-song- writer Karla Bonoff. “Starry Nights Presents An Evening With Karla Bonoff” takes place on Sunday, April 3, at The Belfry in Sisters. The event is a benefit for the Sisters Schools Foundation and will raise funds for classroom and co-curricular programs at Sisters elementary, middle, and high schools. Bonoff was the first performer to ever grace the Starry Nights stage when she appeared in 1997 to kick off the long- running concert series, which has raised more than one mil- lion dollars in net proceeds to date. Bonoff has been described as one of the finest singer- songwriters of her genera- tion. With a career spanning four decades, Bonoff is cel- ebrated for a songwriting catalog that includes such hits as “Someone To Lay Down Beside Me,” “Lose Again,” and “All My Life” for Linda Ronstadt, “Home” for Bonnie Raitt, and “Tell See CONCeRt on page 19 Outdoor science to be featured February 20 Are you smarter than a monkey? COCC will hap- pily test you and let you know. Can you ride a bike? Jon Renner is betting that you can’t do it. Can you fly a plane? ENERGYneering Solutions will let you try to stay in the air on their flight simulator. Once you’ve gotten your wings on the simulator, you can go to the real thing and try your hand at flying a paper airplane from one end of the gym to the other end. All this will happen at the Sisters Science Fair at Sisters High School on Saturday, February 20, from noon to 4 p.m. This year’s theme is out- door science and students and community members will be showing off their best. The outdoor science theme is evident in the mul- tiple displays for astronomy. The Sisters Astronomy Club will be on hand with tele- scopes, and the Sun River Observatory and the Central Oregon Rocket Club will dazzle you with the rich See SCIeNCe FaIR on page 31 photo by Craig rullman Brent mcgregor has been a key member of expeditions exploring glacial caves. Leading journeys into the ice By Craig Rullman Correspondent Brent McGregor came to Oregon for the junipers, he says, but stayed for the adventures. At 63, he has climbed every volcanic peak in the Cascades, topped all three Sisters in under 12 hours, explored into the deep reaches of Central Oregon’s extensive network of lava tubes and, most recently, along with his partners at Glacier Cave Adventures, has become a world-famous explorer and photographer. As a young man growing up in San Diego, Brent felt drawn to the wilds. In his 20s, he spent a year living in a canvas teepee in the raw wilderness of Alaska, where he made his own clothes, hunted his own food, and ran a sled team with 18 dogs. “I had a dream when I was 8 or 10 years old, to go the wildest wilderness I could find,” he recalled. “I just wanted to go into a really wild place and to be there.” That dream eventu- ally brought him to Central Oregon, where he has built furniture out of juniper, as Rocky Mountain Furniture Products, for 30 years. He was attracted to juniper, McGregor says, because the round forms of the natural product were more interest- ing to him than traditionally milled productions. Brent’s appreciation for the character revealed in juniper trees is revealed in his photography of the glacial cave systems he explores. Exploding with light and form, the pictures remind one of the best photographs of exploding nebulas in space, and his work has recently been featured at Maptia. com’s “46 Places To Fill You With Wonder For 2016,” an anthology of “the most tal- ented photographers on the planet.” McGregor’s team, Glacier Cave Explorers, has com- pleted three expeditions to the Sandy Glacier on Mt. Hood since 2014, mapping, photographing, and record- ing the constantly changing conditions inside 7,000 feet See mCgRegOR on page 28 SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR Sisters Area Photography Club 2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library community room. 541-549-6157. Al-Anon Monday, noon, Shepherd Sisters Area SketchUp Users Group of the Hills Lutheran Church • Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild 2nd Wednesday, 7 p.m., Earthwood Wednesday, 6 p.m., The Episcopal 4th Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For Timber Frame Homes. 541-549-0924. location information: 541-549-2072. Church of the Transfi guration. 541-549-8737 or 541-549-1527. Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd Central Oregon Spinners and Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846. Alateen Thursday, 7 p.m., The Weavers Guild 4th Saturday, 1 to Episcopal Church of the 3 p.m. Sisters Library. 541-639-3217. Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays, Transfi guration. 541-549-1527. 12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse. Central Oregon Woodworkers Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419. Alcoholics Anonymous Thursday & Guild 1st Monday. 541-610-9022. Sunday, 7 p.m., The Episcopal Church Sisters Cribbage Club Tuesdays, East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th of the Transfi guration • Saturday, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Ray’s Food Place Wednesday, September-June, Stitchin’ 8 a.m., The Episcopal Church of the community room. 541-923-1632. Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061. Transfi guration • Monday, 5 p.m., Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church Friends of the Sisters Library Board of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m. • Tuesday, noon, Big Book study, of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m., Location information: 541-549-1193. Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church • Sisters Library. 541-977-8285. Thursday, noon, Sober Sisters Women Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to Meeting, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers) 8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870. Church. 541-548-0440. Hall. Just bring scissors! 503-880-5832. Authors Support Group 2nd Friday, Sisters Parent Teacher Community 10 a.m., Sisters Area Chamber of Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to 3rd Wednesday, 3:15 p.m., Sisters Commerce. 541-588-0081. 4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-548-3304. Elementary C-wing. 971-570-2405. Black Butte Macintosh Users Group Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday. Military Parents of Sisters 2nd 3rd Thursday, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Sisters Thursday, 5:30 p.m., 17549 Knight Rd., Location information: 541-279-1977. Library community room. 541-549-1471. 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, 12:30 p.m., Black Butte Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m., Sisters Trails Alliance Board of Ranch community room. All welcome; Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-408-5594. Directors 2nd Wed., 5:30 to 7 p.m. partner required. 541-595-6236. The Pines Clubhouse. 541-719-8822. SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings Celebrate Recovery Thursdays, & Enrichment) Wednesdays, 1 to Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon, 7 p.m., Westside Church-Sisters 4 p.m. at SPRD. 541-549-2091. Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123. Campus. 541-389-6859. BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS Central Oregon Council on Aging Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters Community Church. 541-678-5483. 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. This listing is for reg scheduled meetings; ularly email teresa@nuggetnews.c om
