Wednesday, April 27, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Sisters chorale will ring
in spring with songs
By Jim Anderson
Correspondent
It’s spring— the Cascades
still have plenty of snow for
summer, trees are blossoming
in Sisters, and the 47-voice
Sisters High Desert Chorale’s
Spring Concert is sched-
uled at Sisters Community
Church, Friday April, 29, at 7
p.m., and again Sunday, May
1 at 2:30 p.m., same venue.
The chorale will present
a wonderful variety of tunes
from gospel, contemporary,
spirituals, musical theater
and classical origins. The
Sisters Children’s Choir —
with 10 sweet voices sing-
ing, giggling and being kids
— will perform after inter-
mission, accompanied by
the 11 wonderful musicians
in Sisters High Desert Bell
Choir.
While everyone dines on
cookies and goodies volun-
teers have so generously sup-
plied for the performance,
participants will have the
opportunity to drop some
cash into the passing hat to
help defray costs.
Among the chorale pre-
sentations will be the gospel
number, “He Never Failed Me
Yet” by Robert Ray. Chorale
soprano Janie Buell will offer
her solo in this snappy, ener-
getic number. With its driving
beat and beautiful message,
this powerful gospel work has
become the definitive selec-
tion in this style for an entire
See CHORALE on page 16
Civil War coming
to Central Oregon
The Civil War is coming
to Central Oregon — and it
has nothing to do with Ducks
vs. Beavers.
The Northwest Civil War
Council will present a full
Civil War reenactment and
“living history” at House
on Metolius, Saturday and
Sunday, May 21-22.
More than 300 Civil War
reenactors presenting living
conditions and circumstances
of 1863 portray battles,
camps and daily civilian life.
Reenactors speak in the man-
ner and use the etiquette of
the mid-19th century, and
many work in first-person at
the event.
The public is invited to
mingle with the personali-
ties who are living, working
and portraying their particu-
lar impression. Reenactors
wear authentically repro-
duced clothing, fire black
See WAR on page 29
PHOTO BY SHANNON POLLARD
Towing the greenhouse at 1 mph back to its old home at Sisters Elementary School.
Greenhouse returns home to school
Fourteen years ago,
Shannon Pollard discovered
an unused greenhouse at
Sisters Elementary School.
She used that greenhouse to
start an elementary school
garden club that had 55 mem-
bers in the first year.
The club hosted a Garden
Club Faire each spring and
used proceeds to build a
larger greenhouse for the
kids. Last year the club, led
by Pollard, boasted nearly
120 kids — which is roughly
25 percent of the student body
at the elementary school.
The original greenhouse
was adopted by Angeline’s
Bakery. Angeline Rhett’s
kids were in the garden club
and used the greenhouse for
a time. But in recent years,
the greenhouse sat unused.
Recently Pollard had a brain-
storm — move the green-
house back to the school and
use it for plant starters.
But how?
Sisters Kiwanis members
had recently cleared the gar-
den area, so she called the
Kiwanis president, Suzanne
Carvlin, who immediately
thought of Lance Trowbridge.
Ever creative, Lance con-
cocted a simple idea — attach
casters to the greenhouse
and tow it to the school. He
enlisted fellow Kiwanians
and community members
for traffic control and green-
house maneuvers. It required
45 minutes of slow going, but
the idea worked perfectly.
The Sisters Elementary
School Greenhouse has
returned to its original home.
There are several ways
to get involved and help the
Elementary School Garden
Club. Volunteers are always
needed to support classes and
workshops (all volunteers
must be pre-screened by the
Sisters School District). In
addition, the club will always
accept donations of soil, four-
inch pots, gently used gar-
den tools, and seeds. Support
for the outdoor garden space
is also welcomed.
For more information
contact Shannon Pollard at
autumnsky2@yahoo.com or
541-815-2163.