Wednesday, August 3, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Candidates sought
for city council
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
August 30 at 5 p.m. is
the deadline for filing com-
pleted and verified applica-
tions with the Deschutes
County Recorder’s Office in
order to be on the ballot in
November to run for Sisters
City Council. However, the
deadline for petition to file
with Kathy Nelson, Sisters
city recorder, is August 16 at
5 p.m. at City Hall. Candidate
packets are still available
from Nelson.
There are three positions
that need to be filled, with
terms beginning in January
2017. Those positions are
currently held by Chris Frye,
Andrea Blum, and Amy
Burgstahler, all of whom
were appointed to fill vacan-
cies created at different times
by the resignation of elected
Council members. Frye will
be stepping down at the end
of August due to his move
outside the city limits. David
Asson and Nancy Connolly
still have two years left to
serve in their terms.
Interim City Manager Rick
Allen pointed out the impor-
tance of finding qualified
candidates who are willing to
photo by diane Goble
habitat volunteers make the thrift Store and reStore run.
See CIty CouNCIL on page 19
Sisters Habitat needs store volunteers
Rod Jones returns
as volleyball coach
By rongi yost
Correspondent
Rod Jones has dedicated
his life to kids, as teacher and
educator, counselor, coach
and parent.
Jones taught health and
physical education for 30
years, and coached multiple
sports at the high school
level, including volleyball.
Jones retired from teaching in
2001, but kept coaching. This
year will mark his 44th year
of coaching club volleyball.
Over the course of his
career, Jones has piled up
quite a list of accomplish-
ments. He was head coach for
volleyball for 24 years, and
made 10 state final appear-
ances, and 12 appearances
in the semi-finals. He led
teams to many state champi-
onships, including five while
at Marshall High School
in Gresham — and one in
Sisters.
His final state champion-
ship came when he helped
coach the 1996-1997 Outlaws
See VoLLEyBALL on page 30
By diane Goble
Correspondent
When was the last time
you helped make the dream
of homeownership possible
for a family or helped some-
one build their own home?
Did you know you can do
that without lifting a board or
pounding a nail?
Sisters Habitat for
Humanity offers commu-
nity members the opportu-
nity to help working fami-
lies become homeowners by
volunteering their time at
the ReStore and/or the Thrift
Store.
These two stores are suc-
cessful because of the quan-
tity of the donations and the
quality of people who are
willing to volunteer their time
to help others. People know
that the money raised through
these stores stays here and
benefits the community as a
whole.
However, volunteers
come and go, and summers
are particularly busy for folks
so the organization needs to
make an occasional plea to
old volunteers who find they
have some extra time on their
hands and new volunteers
who are looking to give back
or pay it forward — or just
want a heart-warming thing
to do.
“We are desperate for sum-
mer help,” said Thrift Store
Manager Lenora Fitzgerald.
“Donations are pouring
in and we need sorters,
especially on Saturdays. The
beauty section and the toy
section need someone’s lov-
ing touch to keep displays
neat and shelves filled.”
Habitat’s ReStore has just
undergone some changes and
a makeover. The doors closed
over a weekend and a group
of volunteers converged and
rearranged the floor space
so that there is more room to
process incoming items and
an improved flow of furniture
and heavy items throughout
the store.
Volunteers are needed to
help with sorting, cleaning,
pricing, stocking, and cashier-
ing. Someone is needed to
help the driver with pickups
See VoLuNtEErS on page 12
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 2ndmTuesday.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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