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Wednesday, July 20, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon C O M M U N I T 3 Y Sisters Folk Festival lineup complete Sisters Folk Festival has completed its final round of bookings and has announced another all-event pass sell- out for the annual festival, September 9-11. Sunday-only tickets are still available, with more than 30 artists perform- ing that day. Over three days and 11 stages, festivalgoers will experience world-class per- formances by recently added artists including: Southern songwriter Shawn Mullins; the funk and R & B of The New Orleans Suspects; the legendary Scottish duo of Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas; the Tex-Mex and conjunto music of Los TexManiacs; the bluegrass- stylings of regional favor- ite The Brothers Comatose; singer-songwriter Sam Lewis. The festival will feature the guitar-virtuosity of Scott Pemberton; Americana song- writer and band Nora Jane Struthers and the Party Line; the Swedish trio Baskery; the accomplished bluegrass singer and picker the Molly Tuttle Band; and the Northern California stringband Steep Ravine. “The lineup has rounded out to include some of the See lINEup on page 23 SHS grad creates poster for civility project By Sue Stafford Correspondent The Sisters Country Civility Project introduced its brand-new poster of the nine tenets of civility last week at their quarterly public training at the fire hall. Recent Sisters High School graduate Alena Nore is the artist who was cho- sen to create the poster. She designed a unique “do-it- yourself” poster which has been reproduced in black and white, allowing citizens to bring their own posters to life with color any way they wish. Each of the tenets is printed within its own “puzzle piece” with an accompanying draw- ing reflecting some familiar facet of Sisters Country. The pieces are assembled into a rectangle surrounded by large doodles just waiting to be colored. Citizens4Civility had determined they wanted a poster with a local flavor that reflected Sisters Country. See poStER on page 20 photo by erin borla teachers at Sisters Elementary School participated in a Storyline training last week. Teaching along the Storyline By Erin Borla Correspondent Sisters School District teachers are the students this summer in a continuing edu- cation curriculum workshop. The Storyline work- shop hosted by the Studio to School program through Sisters Folk Festival worked with several teach- ers from Sisters Elementary School and Sisters Middle School to train them on the unique Storyline integrated curriculum. Storyline began in Scotland in the 1960s. According to Storyline.org, “Storyline is a structured approach to learning and teaching that builds on the principle that learning, to be meaningful has to be memo- rable, and that by using learn- er’s enthusiasm for story- making, the classroom, the teacher’s role and learning can be transformed.” Instructors Helen Crandell, a veteran teacher and native Oregonian, and Eileen Vopelak, also a retired teacher and administrator who has international teach- ing experience, taught the class last week. Both retired teachers have over 20+ years of teaching the Storyline pro- gram to students in kinder- garten through high school. The Sisters workshop was funded in part by Sisters Folk Festival Studio to School grant and in part by the Sisters School District. Teachers who attended also had an opportunity to pay a small fee and receive gradu- ate-level credit for the course. “The Storyline curricula was the most powerful way of working with students when I taught,” said Crandell. Students learn a variety of curriculum through the telling and development of a story. The example used for the teachers’ five-day workshop was to create a farmer’s mar- ket. Using real-life examples, problems are posed and there is a natural need to research. “This five-day workshop is designed to mirror a class- room setting,” said Vopelak. “In the Storyline program lessons are taught by start- ing with an activity, then See tEaChINg on page 29 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 email teresa@nuggetnews.c om