Wednesday, May 18, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Keeping students
mentally healthy
By Erin Borla
Correspondent
There are a variety of
things that affect even the
youngest Sisters residents,
things that have a direct
impact upon their mental
and emotional health. Even
through budget constraints
the Sisters School District
has creatively patched its
way through to ensure the
mental-health needs of the
students are met.
Students at all three
schools and their families
have the opportunity to
connect with either District
employees or contractors
with varying concerns on an
as-needed, weekly or even
daily basis.
District providers are
available to share tools for
handling stress in a positive
way and getting along with
others. Some experiences,
like learning how to develop
and handle friendships, peer
pressure, keeping calm in
school and even finding their
own sense of humor (without
overdoing it), are things the
students can work through
utilizing those tools.
Other students may
require more in-depth
See STUDENTS on page 10
Sisters becomes a
‘Purple Heart City’
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
Sisters was designated
as a Purple Heart City with
a proclamation adopted and
read at the May 12 Sisters
City Council meeting.
The Purple Heart is a
United States military medal
awarded in the name of the
president to those military
personnel wounded or killed
while serving in the U.S.
Armed Forces.
The designation as a
Purple Heart City signifies
the
City’s
honoring
of almost two million
veterans since World War
I who have received the
military decoration. The
proclamation pronounces
Sisters’ appreciation for the
sacrifices our Purple Heart
recipients made in defending
our freedom and the belief it
is important to acknowledge
them for their courage and
show the honor and support
they have earned.
Sisters joins about 14
See CITY on page 28
photo by JeFF oMoDt
Kiwanian Barbara Bott presents scholarship to Janette Jaun.
Kiwanis boosts career training
Sisters Kiwanis recently
awarded Sisters resi-
dent Janette Jaun a Career
Opportunity Fund (COF)
scholarship to pay for train-
ing as a phlebotomist.
Phlebotomists are trained to
draw blood from a patient for
medical testing, transfusions
or donations.
Kiwanis awards scholar-
ships to Sisters-area adults
who are seeking a career
change.
The Kiwanis Career
Opportunity Fund program
assists adults (25 or older)
who are financially unable
to return to school or retrain
for a career change. Since
its inception, the fund has
awarded more than $52,000
in assistance to help 40
Sisters-area residents reach
their educational goals.
Jaun will enroll at Oregon
Medical Training in Bend to
learn her new profession. The
course provides basic knowl-
edge and skills necessary to
draw blood (venipuncture)
in a clinical setting. Students
receive instruction in basic
anatomy and physiology,
regulatory and ethical issues,
safety and infection control,
blood collection equipment,
and venipuncture procedures.
Jaun said her goal is to
work in the medical field, a
profession that will provide
her the higher income she
needs to raise her three chil-
dren. She also emphasized
that without the financial sup-
port from Kiwanis it would
be impossible to pursue the
training at Oregon Medical
Training.
The Kiwanis Career
Opportunity Fund provides
assistance to start, augment
or complete a career, which
may include vocational, tech-
nical, artistic or general fields
of study. Funds are available
to qualified residents within
the Sisters area. Kiwanis does
not set limitations on poten-
tial use of the award.
COF applications are
available on the Kiwanis
website: sisterskiwanis.org/
about-us/career-opportunity-
fund; at the Sisters Habitat
for Humanity office; from
Family Access Network or by
calling 541-410-2870.
To donate to the COF,
make checks payable to
Sisters Kiwanis COF, POB
1296, Sisters, OR, 97759.
SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR
BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS
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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. 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 Out West Realty 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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