Wednesday, June 22, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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SPRD seeks new
board member
The Sisters Park &
Recreation District is looking
for an individual interested
in serving on the District’s
Board of Directors. Andrew
Gorayeb resigned his posi-
tion on the board last month,
and the appointment will be
made to complete the rest of
his term.
The board consists of five
members. Board meetings are
generally on the first Tuesday
of the month at 6 p.m., with
an additional meeting some-
times scheduled on a Tuesday
evening in the middle of the
month.
Because this position
has become vacant in the
middle of an elected term,
the board will appoint a
candidate. However, if the
appointed candidate wishes
to continue serving on the
board, he or she will have
to be voted in during the
public election process in
May.
This is a volunteer posi-
tion. To apply, fill out the
board-member application
form, which can be found
at www.sistersrecreation.
com/board-meetings. For
more information contact
Liam Hughes at Sisters
Park & Recreation District
541-549-2091 or liam@
sistersrecreation.com.
Festival offers
free concert series
Sisters Folk Festival will
host a free summer con-
cert series at Fir Street Park,
supported in part by The
Roundhouse Foundation.
On Friday, July 15, award-
winning songwriters Beth
Wood and RJ Cowdery will
perform as a co-bill to kick
off the series. Beth Wood is
a modern-day troubadour and
believer in the power of song.
Her exceptional musician-
ship, crafty songwriting and
commanding stage presence
have been winning over audi-
ences for 18 years. Beth’s
music is a soulful, organic,
intelligent, barefoot, high-
energy communication of joy.
Picture a homebody with an
ever-present wanderlust, an
introvert with a passion for
performing, a creative free-
spirit with enough discipline
to rework her dream year
after year, calloused little
hands and a big pile of curly
hair — and you’ve got Beth
Wood.
“Beth has been an inte-
gral part of the Sisters
See coNcertS on page 18
photo by erin borla
Susie Werts’ class built a butterfly station to aid in migration.
Creating a butterfly waystation
By erin Borla
Correspondent
Sisters Middle School
students in Susie Werts’
fifth-grade reading class cre-
ated a Monarch Butterfly
Waystation at school as a part
of their “connection infec-
tion” reading integration pro-
gram this spring.
Werts works with her stu-
dents to have them connect
what they are reading to the
real world. Several months
ago the students read an arti-
cle about what insects do in
the winter. The follow-up dis-
cussion in class led to reading
an article about monarch but-
terflies and how they migrate
across the continent every
year.
“This has been a great
project for our students to
connect to the world and to
develop enthusiasm for ecol-
ogy,” says Werts.
In order to encourage her
students’ passion for the mon-
arch, Werts wanted to connect
with an expert in the field and
was surprised by the extraor-
dinary support she received.
“I sent out one email ask-
ing a few questions about
monarch habitat and I got 30
back,” she said.
Werts has coordinated
with agencies like the United
States Forest Service, United
States Fish and Wildlife
and Monarch Advocacy of
Central Oregon to help her
class build the waystation.
There are two main
populations of monarchs in
North America, the eastern
and western. The eastern
population spends their win-
ters in the Sierra Nevada
Mountains in Mexico, and
the western population win-
ters in Southern California.
According to a study done
in 2013 at the wintering
grounds, the eastern mon-
arch butterfly populations
declined 59 percent and were
at the lowest level ever mea-
sured while the western mon-
arch population has declined
nearly 90 percent in the last
decade.
It was determined that
the decline in the monarch
population traces back to five
causes: breeding habitat loss
and degradation; wintering
habitat loss and degradation;
See ButterflIeS on page 24
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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