Wednesday, June 15, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Three council seats
will be up for election
Three Sisters City Council
seats are up for election on
November 8, 2016. The
terms of Andrea Blum, Amy
Burgstahler, and Chris Frye
will expire on December 31,
2016.
All three are eligible to re-
apply for election.
To be eligible one must be
registered to vote in Oregon
and must have been a resi-
dent of the city of Sisters
for 12 months preceding the
election.
Election materials may
be picked up from the City
Recorder at City Hall, 520 E.
Cascade Ave. Candidates are
encouraged to obtain election
materials by August 16 and
must submit perfected peti-
tions by August 30 at 5 p.m.
in order to qualify for the
ballot.
For more information
about the application process,
contact City Recorder Kathy
Nelson at 541-323-5213, by
email at knelson@ci.sisters.
or.us, or stop by City Hall at
520 E. Cascade Ave.
photo provided
firefighters from Sisters are in england visiting Hampshire fire and Rescue Service.
Volunteers make school Sisters fire crew is visiting England
libraries vibrant
By erin Borla
Correspondent
They say that volunteers
make the world go round —
and that is certainly true of
the libraries at both Sisters
Middle School and Sisters
Elementary School. Three
years ago, when the part-time
media specialist who worked
at both schools retired from
the Sisters School District,
the position wasn’t filled.
The libraries at both schools
became lifeless; books went
missing, and countless teach-
ing hours went into pulling
together booklists from out-
dated shelves.
Mary Kay Ferwalt, a
former human resources spe-
cialist; Ann Alisa Duerden, a
former English teacher; and
Sherri Kissinger, a past busi-
ness consultant, all began
volunteering at the Sisters
Middle School Library seven
years ago when their kids
were students at SMS. They
became full-time volunteer
“Library Staffistas” three
years ago. Both Ferwalt and
Duerden had mothers who
were librarians and know the
impact a library can make on
a young person.
“The library wasn’t a
place to be,” said Duerden.
“The library is part of the
See LIBRaRIeS on page 30
A team of firefighters from
Sisters is visiting England’s
Hampshire Fire and Rescue
Service to learn about some
of its groundbreaking tech-
niques and the variety of
work it does. They will take
part in live fire training, trial
ultra-high-pressure lances,
compare breathing apparatus,
study new search methods
and look at different means
of ventilation.
Hampshire Fire and
Rescue Service has helped to
develop some of these and is
pioneering innovative uses of
the latest technology.
The visitors will also get
to see the work of the coun-
try’s leading animal rescue
team and the New Forest
wildfire preparation division,
as well as projects focusing
on community resilience and
safety.
This is the first time the
firefighters from Oregon have
come to the county. It fol-
lows a visit to Sisters-Camp
Sherman RFPD by a team
from Hampshire last year.
It is hoped this will
strengthen an ongoing rela-
tionship in which the two ser-
vices can share expertise and
develop new skills.
Station Manager David
Hodge said: “In the fire ser-
vice you are always learning
and trying to be better. We
aim to be the best. You can’t
do that by staying within your
borders. You have to find out
where the experts in each
field are and see how they do
things. Our trip was useful in
learning about their approach
to wildfires, dealing with a
major incident and commu-
nity work.
”We were working with
some people who were
involved in incidents such
as the 9/11 terrorist attacks
and the 2003 Space Shuttle
Columbia disaster, but what
we learnt may impact on
how we deal with floods and
severe weather. The value of
this hands-on experience and
new skills you learn cannot
be replicated by reading a
manual.”
While the Hampshire
group was in Sisters they
formed part of a team that
battled a 75,000-acre wildfire
— the largest burning in the
country at the time.
See fIRe CReW on page 31
SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR
Central Oregon Council on Aging
Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters
Community Church. 541-678-5483.
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.
Church of the Transfi guration.
location information: 541-549-2072.
541-549-8737 or 541-549-1527.
Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd
Central Oregon Spinners and
Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.
Weavers Guild 4th Saturday, 1 to
Alateen Thursday, 7 p.m., The
3
p.m.
Sisters
Library.
541-639-3217.
Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays,
Episcopal Church of the
12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse.
Transfi guration. 541-549-1527.
Central Oregon Woodworkers
Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419.
Guild 1st Tuesday. 541-639-6216.
Alcoholics Anonymous Thursday &
Sisters Cribbage Club Tuesdays,
East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th
Sunday, 7 p.m., The Episcopal Church
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Ray’s Food Place
Wednesday, September-June, Stitchin’ community room. 541-923-1632.
of the Transfi guration • Saturday,
Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.
8 a.m., The Episcopal Church of the
Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board
Transfi guration • Monday, 5 p.m.,
Friends of the Sisters Library Board
of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church
of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m., Location information: 541-549-1193.
• Tuesday, noon, Big Book study,
Sisters Library. 541-977-8285.
Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church •
8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at
Thursday, noon, Sober Sisters Women Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers)
Meeting, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870.
Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505.
Church. 541-548-0440.
Sisters Parent Teacher Community
Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to 3rd Wednesday, 3:15 p.m., Sisters
Authors Support Group 2nd Friday,
4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-548-3304. Elementary C-wing. 971-570-2405.
10 a.m., Sisters Area Chamber of
Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.
Military Parents of Sisters 2nd
Commerce. 541-588-0081.
Thursday, 5:30 p.m., 17549 Knight Rd., Location information: 541-279-1977.
Bend (Plainview area). 541-388-9013.
Black Butte Macintosh Users Group
Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon,
3rd Thursday, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Sisters
Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-977-6545.
Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters
Library community room. 541-549-1471. Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.,
Sisters Trails Alliance Board
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-408-5594.
2nd Wed., 5:30 to 7 p.m. Sisters Art
Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club
Works. Public welcome. 541-719-8822.
Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., Black Butte
SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings
Ranch community room. All welcome;
& Enrichment) Wednesdays, 1 to
Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon,
partner required. 541-595-6236.
4 p.m. at SPRD. 541-549-2091.
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123.
BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS
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.
This listing is for reg
scheduled meetings; ularly
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