Wednesday, May 11, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Over 1,000 will
experience Civil War
The word is out to Central
Oregon educators that one of
the best ways to learn about
history is to see it, talk to it
and experience it.
This will happen Friday,
May 20, when 1,175 stu-
dents from 14 schools will
visit a full Civil War reenact-
ment and engage with “living
history.”
“This is our third year
in Central Oregon and the
most students we have ever
hosted for our school day,”
said event coordinator David
Banks. “We park a lot of bus-
ses in the forest that day.”
Students tour the camps
and interact with reenactors
portraying a range of per-
sonalities as they go about
jobs undertaken in the 1860s.
These activities range from
daily civilian life involving
cooking, sewing and chores
to military activities like
marching, tenting, caring for
horses and artillery pieces.
Everything possible is
done to ensure credibil-
ity. There are no electronic
devices, autos or modern
conveniences. Reenactors
wear authentically repro-
duced clothing, fire black-
powder weapons, cook over
open fires, use antique tools
See WAR on page 21
Outlaw Open and Hall
of Fame on horizon
Sisters comes together
every year with two events
in support of Sisters High
School and its athletic and
extracurricular programs:
The Outlaw Open Golf
Tournament and the Outlaw
Hall of Fame Banquet and
Induction Ceremony.
Since 1998, The Outlaw
Open has been among the
highlights on Sisters’ events
calendar. The Outlaw Open
will be back for its 19th edi-
tion on Friday, June 17, at
Aspen Lakes Golf Course.
The scramble tournament
begins with a 1 p.m. shotgun
start.
The tournament has
always been a fun afternoon
and evening for the attendees
— and it has been the Outlaw
Booster Club’s crucial fund-
raiser for Sisters schools’
extracurricular programs.
The Outlaw Open has
raised more than $250,000
for Outlaw athletics, includ-
ing more than $30,000 since
the Outlaw Booster Club
began pairing The Outlaw
See OPEN on page 20
photo by erin borla
Rima Givot consults with Steve Peterzen at the Sisters HIgh School balloon launch last week.
Students launch weather balloon
By Erin Borla
Correspondent
Students in Rima Givot’s
Chemistry 2 class had the
opportunity to work with
scientist Steve Peterzen
throughout the last two weeks
to launch a 600-gram balloon
— complete with experi-
ments they designed — and
capture live data.
Peterzen’s company, The
ISTAR Group, just opened
a satellite office at Sisters
Eagle Airport.
ISTAR
launches stratospheric bal-
loons for the purposes of test-
ing experiments in near-space
conditions. Using Helium,
Peterzen and his crew launch
the balloons into the atmo-
sphere with tools and instru-
ments in order to allow for
companies to experiment and
to introduce students to near-
space research for a frac-
tion of the cost and time of
launching a satellite.
“I’ve been all over the
world,” said Peterzen. “I’ve
enjoyed working with the
kids — but it’s funny because
I never finished school. I was
in college and knew I wanted
to study science, but I saw
all my friends taking jobs in
physics and focusing on only
one specific thing. I wanted
to travel.”
Peterzen has lived
throughout the world, includ-
ing nine years in the Antarctic
launching stratospheric bal-
loons. From 1992 to 2001
ISTAR successfully man-
aged 14 separate 800,000-
cubic-meter balloons from
Antarctic and launched over
20 smaller balloons.
According to ISTAR’s
website, they were contacted
in 2001 by the Italian Space
Agency to manage and lead
the development of the first
long duration balloon pro-
gram in Europe through
the University of Rome La
Sapienza.
Currently, ISTAR is
based in Svalbord, Norway.
Norway offers ease of access
to the arctic and incredible
infrastructure. Since con-
necting with the University
of Rome the company has
launched 13 balloons from
their Nobile/Amundsen
Stratospheric Balloon Center.
Peterzen, through Bob
See BALLOON on page 23
SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR
BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS
Al-AnonmMonday,mnoon,mShepherdm
ofmthemHillsmLutheranmChurchmm•mmm
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 1stmTuesday.m541-639-6216.
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.mMaterialsmprovided.m541-408-8505.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 1st
Thursday, 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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