Wednesday, November 16, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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City snapshot
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
• On
Wednesday,
November 16, 6 p.m. at
FivePine Lodge, Deschutes
County District Attorney
John Hummel will host a
public meeting to share with
the community the work that
the DeschutesSafe team is
doing and to provide a forum
for residents to share their
thoughts on safety and crime
prevention. The initial results
from the DeschutesSafe pub-
lic safety survey will be
revealed during the meeting.
• The Sisters Planning
Commission will meet on
Thursday, November 17,
5:30 p.m. at Sisters City
Hall. A public hearing will
be held regarding the request
from ClearPine subdivision
to revise the phasing of the
project to enable the con-
struction of nine cottage-
style dwellings in proposed
Phase 2.
• Three in-city positions
on the Planning Commission
have terms that are expired
and need appointments to
fill them. The current com-
missioners, chairman Dave
Gentry, Bob Wright, and
Jeff Seymour, have indicated
See CITY on page 26
Brass ensemble will
share journey
By Jim Cornelius
News Editor
When the Hypnotic Brass
Ensemble rolls into Sisters on
Thursday, they’ll share their
musical journey with stu-
dents from across the region
in a workshop with the band
at 4 p.m. The event, free to
students and $5 for commu-
nity members, is in support
of Sisters’ middle- and high-
school band programs.
The workshop will com-
bine music with a big dose of
personal inspiration.
“Our workshop is really
organic,” band member
Gabriel Hubert told The
Nugget. “We try to cre-
ate some music that day —
something that may never get
played again.”
The band will also share
their journey from playing on
the street on the south side of
Chicago to touring interna-
tionally. The message empha-
sizes “the importance of
being who you are in relation
to society and the world.”
The Hypnotic Brass
Ensemble is a family band
consisting of seven broth-
ers who began their musical
See BRASS on page 31
PHOTO BY STEVE KADEL
Jessica Haugen checks Lucy Pruitt’s vital signs during a class in the school’s medical and health career pathway.
Career classes flourishing at SHS
By Steve Kadel
Correspondent
It’s a good time for propo-
nents of vocational education
at Sisters High School (SHS).
Earlier this fall, The
Roundhouse Foundation
announced it will give
$250,000 over five years to
fund programs ranging from
welding to diesel mechanics
and computer-aided design
and technology.
Last week, Oregon voters
approved by a wide margin a
ballot measure that will inject
an estimated $300 million
into the state’s public high
schools, for dropout preven-
tion along with career and
college readiness programs.
At the same time, interest
in career technical education
(CTE) is growing fast among
SHS students, a CTE teacher
at the school says.
“We’re starting to see an
explosion in our CTE pro-
gram,” Heather Johnson,
who teaches the EMS/fire
class, told Sisters School
Board members during the
Wednesday, November 2
board meeting.
About 55 SHS students
are involved in CTE courses,
which offer college credit
while giving valuable expe-
rience in volunteer roles.
Sedona Baer, a 2015 Sisters
High graduate, was one of
those students during her high
school days.
Now Baer, who wants to
become a paramedic, is con-
tinuing her education through
a Central Oregon Community
College program in which
she’s an EMS resident volun-
teer at Sisters-Camp Sherman
Fire Department Station 701.
See CAREERS on page 31
SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR
BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS
Al-Anon Monday, noon, Shepherd of
the Hills Lutheran Church; Wednesday,
6 p.m., Episcopal Church of the
Transfi guration. 541-549-8737 or
541-549-1527.
Alateen Thursday, 7 p.m., Episcopal
Church of the Transfi guration.
541-549-1527.
Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs. &
Sun., 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the
Transfi guration; Sat.,8 a.m., Episcopal
Church of the Transfi guration; Mon.,
5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
Church; Tues., noon, Big Book study,
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church;
Thurs., noon, Sober Sisters Women
Meeting, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
Church. 541-548-0440.
Authors Support Group 2nd Friday,
10 a.m., Sisters Area Chamber of
Commerce. 541-588-0081.
Black Butte Macintosh Users Group
3rd Thursday, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Sisters
Library community room. 541-549-1471.
Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club
Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community
room. Partner required. 541-595-6236.
Central Oregon Council on Aging
Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters
Community Church. 541-678-5483.
Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild
4th Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For
location information: 541-549-2072.
Central Oregon Spinners and
Weavers Guild 4th Saturday, 1 to
3 p.m. Sisters Library. 541-639-3217.
Sisters Area SketchUp Users Group
2nd Wednesday, 7 p.m., Earthwood
Timber Frame Homes. 541-549-0924.
Central Oregon Woodworkers
Guild 2nd Tuesday. 541-639-6216.
Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd
Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.
East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th
Wednesday, September-June, Stitchin’
Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.
Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays,
12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse.
Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419.
Friends of the Sisters Library Board
of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m., Sisters Caregiver Support Group
3rd Tuesday, 10 a.m., Ray’s Food Place
Sisters Library. 541-977-8285.
community room. 541-771-3258.
Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers)
1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City Sisters Cribbage Club Tuesdays,
Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Ray’s Food Place
community room. 541-923-1632.
Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to
4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-548-3304. Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board
of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Military Parents of Sisters 2nd
Thursday, 5:30 p.m., 17549 Knight Rd., Location information: 541-549-1193.
Bend (Plainview area). 541-388-9013.
Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters
Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.,
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-408-5594.
SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings
& Enrichment) Wednesdays, 1 to
4 p.m. at SPRD. 541-549-2091.
Sisters Aglow Lighthouse
International Fellowship 1st Saturday,
Ponderosa Room, Best Western
Ponderosa Lodge. 541-699-9522.
Sisters Area Photography Club
2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library
community room. 541-549-6157.
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 p.m., Sisters
Elementary C-wing. 971-570-2405.
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.
CITY & PARKS
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.
Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.
Location information: 541-279-1977.
FIRE & POLICE
Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon,
Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-977-6545.
Black Butte Ranch Police Dept.
Board of Directors Meets monthly.
541-595-2191 for time & date.
Sisters Trails Alliance Board
1st Wednesday, 5 p.m. Sisters Art
Works. Public welcome. 541-719-8822.
Black Butte Ranch RFPD Board of
Directors 4th Thursday, 9 a.m., Black
Butte Ranch Fire Station. 541-595-2288.
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.
SCHOOLS
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 .
This listing is for reg
scheduled meetings; ularly
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