Wednesday, March 16, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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City council struggles
with bundled ordinance
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
With a fairly lengthy
agenda, the Sisters City
Council meeting last
Thursday stretched over three
hours, due mainly to a process
issue.
In an effort to save staff
time and City money, the
community development
director presented a single
ordinance to the Council,
bundling together five sepa-
rate development code text
amendments. The single ordi-
nance saves preparation time
for the staff and requires only
one public notification in The
Nugget rather than five. Each
notification results in a cost to
the City. However, it presents
Council members with a great
deal of preparation and study
to be done in a few short days
prior to the meeting.
Council easily reached
agreement on several of the
changes, but struggled with
those regarding proposed
changes to residential garage
setbacks and the definition of
a formula food establishment.
Following a number of pre-
vious public hearings by both
the Planning Commission and
City Council, it was decided
See ordINaNCe on page 26
Foundation explores
opportunities in Sisters
By Helen Schmidling
Correspondent
Tw o F o r d F a m i l y
Foundation (FFF) representa-
tives visited Sisters last week
to as part of Ford’s new ini-
tiative to “Listen and Learn”
what’s happening across
Oregon in rural communities
like ours.
Rocque (pronounced
“Rocky”) Barros, director of
FFF, and Carrie Thompson,
a member of the founda-
tion’s board of directors, met
dozens of people and talked
over needs, obstacles, and
opportunities for growth and
development.
“We call these visits Listen
to Learn visits,” Barros said.
He explained the Ford
Institute has adopted a
community-based-change
approach “that is driven by
communities creating and
leading the change. This visit
helps us learn more about
what communities are work-
ing on and what changes they
would like to see.”
See FouNdaTIoN on page 31
illustratioN provided
a new bike park is kicking Sisters into high gear as a cycling hot spot.
New track, coach featured in program
Sisters Park & Recreation
District (SPRD) has a new
head coach for its mountain
biking program — Thomas
Wilkinson.
Coach Wilkinson has been
working at Sisters Step &
Spine this past year as a phys-
ical therapist and is taking on
a program that was highly
successful in its inception
last season. Last season, the
program had 10 riders riding
trails around the Sisters area.
Coach Wilkinson brings a
plethora of experience with
him to the biking program.
Wilkinson
says,
“Mountain biking has been
a big part of my life since
sixth grade, when I was first
introduced to the sport. I have
been fortunate enough to ride
and race my bike all over the
United States, but riding in
Central Oregon is some of the
best trails I have ridden. I am
looking forward to helping
each rider progress their skills
and knowledge of the sport
this season!”
With the addition of the
pump track at SPRD, kids
enrolled in the program will
enjoy a new facility to test
their skills this season. The
pump track, installed last fall
with the help of Noble 911
and Blazin Saddles, sees fre-
quent use by youth riders in
the Sisters community. As the
weather warmed and the dirt
has dried, the Pump Track has
reopened for the season just in
time for the start of the moun-
tain biking program.
This season riders will
take to the trails on Tuesdays
and Thursdays after school
from 4 to 5 p.m. beginning on
April 5. The primary goal of
the program is to give youth
the confidence to pursue this
lifelong sport and to have
fun. Techniques that will be
covered in the program are
braking, cornering, descend-
ing, climbing, and pressure
control.
According to Coach
Wilkinson, “I have talked
See BIKING on page 27
SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR
BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS
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Wednesday,m6mp.m.,mThemEpiscopalm
ChurchmofmthemTransfimguration.m
541-549-8737morm541-549-1527.
Alateen Thursday,m7mp.m.,mThem
EpiscopalmChurchmofmthem
Transfimguration.m541-549-1527.
Alcoholics AnonymousmThursdaym&m
Sunday,m7mp.m.,mThemEpiscopalmChurchm
ofmthemTransfimgurationmm•mmSaturday,m
8ma.m.,mThemEpiscopalmChurchmofmthem
Transfimgurationmm•mmMonday,m5mp.m.,m
ShepherdmofmthemHillsmLutheranmChurchmm
•mmTuesday,mnoon,mBigmBookmstudy,m
ShepherdmofmthemHillsmLutheranmChurchmm•m
Thursday,mnoon,mSobermSistersmWomenm
Meeting,mShepherdmofmthemHillsmLutheranm
Church.m541-548-0440.
Authors Support Groupm2ndmFriday,m
10ma.m.,mSistersmAreamChambermofm
Commerce.m541-588-0081.
Central Oregon Council on Aging
Senior Lunch Tuesdays,mnoon,mSistersm
CommunitymChurch.m541-678-5483.
Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild m
4thmSaturdays,m10ma.m.mtom4mp.m.mForm
locationminformation:m541-549-2072.
Central Oregon Spinners and
Weavers Guild 4thmSaturday,m1mtom
3mp.m.mSistersmLibrary.m541-639-3217.
Central Oregon Woodworkers
Guild 1stmMonday.m541-610-9022.
East of the Cascades Quilt Guildm4thm
Wednesday,mSeptember-June,mStitchin’m
Post.mAllmaremwelcome.m541-549-6061.
Friends of the Sisters Library Board
of Directors 2ndmTuesday,m9mtom11ma.m.,m
SistersmLibrary.m541-977-8285.
Heartwarmers (flmeecemblanketmakers)m
1stm&m3rdmTuesdays,m1mp.m.,mSistersmCitym
Hall.mJustmbringmscissors!m503-880-5832.m
Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday,m1mtom
4mp.m.m541-549-1028morm541-548-3304.
Military Parents of Sisters 2ndm
Thursday, 5:30 p.m., 17549 Knight Rd.,
Bend (Plainview area). 541-388-9013.
Black Butte Macintosh Users Groupmm
3rdmThursday,m3:30mtom5:30mp.m.,mSistersm
Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters
Librarymcommunitymroom.m541-549-1471. Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.,
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-408-5594.
Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club
Tuesdays,m12:30mp.m.,mBlackmButtem
SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings
Ranchmcommunitymroom.mAllmwelcome;m
& Enrichment) Wednesdays, 1 to
partnermrequired.m541-595-6236.
4 p.m. at SPRD. 541-549-2091.
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. 541-923-1632.
Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board
of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Location information: 541-549-1193.
Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to
8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at
Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870.
Sisters Parent Teacher Community
3rd Wednesday, 3:15 p.m., Sisters
Elementary C-wing. 971-570-2405.
Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.
Location information: 541-279-1977.
Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon,
Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-977-6545.
Sisters Trails Alliance Board
2nd Wed., 5:30 to 7 p.m. Sisters Art
Works. Public welcome. 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.
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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