Wednesday, December 7, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Fire district saves
taxpayers $195,000
The Sisters-Camp
Sherman Fire District
recently completed the pro-
cess of issuing a general
obligation refunding bond to
lower the interest expense on
the District fire station.
District taxpayers
approved the issuance of
bonds to fund the construc-
tion of the headquarters fire
station in 2007. Annual inter-
est rates on the bonds issued
in 2007 were 4.5 percent.
Recently, interest rates have
fallen to the point that it made
sense for the District to seek
proposals to issue refunding
bonds to lower the cost for
District residents.
David Ulbricht with
Special Districts Association
of Oregon Advisory Services
guided the District through
the process. Six proposals
were received by the District
and Columbia State Bank
was determined to have pro-
vided the best proposal with
an annual interest rate of 1.87
percent.
The total savings for
District residents is estimated
to be $195,000 over the next
See FIRE DISTRICT on page 30
Locals seek to establish
cold-weather shelter
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
Imagine, if you can, what
it would be like without a
roof over your head and
facing a nighttime tempera-
ture in the teens. Your few
belongings may be wet. That
would be a challenging situa-
tion by yourself. Add a child
or two to the scenario and it
becomes untenable.
A group of people in
Sisters has been meeting
and planning how to extend
Sisters’ spirit of generosity
by opening an emergency
shelter on nights when the
temperature is forecast to
be 32 degrees or lower. The
shelter will be open from
about the time public places
like the library close until
morning.
This will be the first effort
in Sisters to provide shelter
to those who find themselves
homeless in the winter. It
will be known as Sisters
Cold Weather Shelter. Pastor
Ron Gregg of Shepherd of
the Hills Lutheran Church
and Lois Kaping of Westside
Church are co-chairs of
the group. Mandee Seeley
See SHELTER on page 22
PHOTO BY ERIN BORLA
Sisters IEE students cleaned up Camp Polk Cemetery in advance of a service later this month.
Students clean up cemetery
By Erin Borla
Correspondent
Sisters High School
Interdisciplinary Experiential
Education (IEE) students
got to experience a piece of
Sisters history last week. 23
students from the IEE pro-
gram participated in a cleanup
at Camp Polk Cemetery on
Thursday, December 1.
Students learned a little bit
about the cemetery’s history
in the classroom earlier in the
week and then took a bus to
the cemetery. As they hiked
in from Camp Polk Road
the weather was chilly but it
didn’t dampen their spirits.
The service project came
about in advance of the
upcoming Wreaths Across
America ceremony at Camp
Polk Cemetery.
Camp Polk Cemetery is
unmanaged, and current own-
ership is not clear. In the past,
community volunteers have
cleaned up the graves around
Memorial and Veterans days.
Led by a team of IEE
interns, teachers Samra Spear
and Rand Runco, as well as
community volunteers includ-
ing Lance Trowbridge and
Earl Schroeder from Sisters
American Legion Post 86 and
Sisters V.F.W. Post 8138, stu-
dents divided the cemetery
into sections and got to work.
Armed with rakes, brooms,
buckets and wheelbarrows the
students cleaned pine needles,
trash, and other debris from
each of the gravesites.
Runco talked with students
about the emotion he felt
when he walked through the
cemetery the week prior and
saw four past students buried
in this location.
“It hit me and I wasn’t
prepared for it,” he told the
group. “It’s okay to feel unex-
pected emotion.”
A small trailer-load of pine
needles and other debris was
removed from the site dur-
ing the cleanup. In addition,
graves were swept and raked.
Many students had questions
about community members
who were buried at the cem-
etery and had an opportu-
nity to learn Sisters history
from community members in
attendance.
“I feel like the whole expe-
rience was a good way for
See CEMETERY on page 30
SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR
Central OR Spinners and Weavers
Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd
Guild 4th Saturday, 1 to 3 p.m. Sisters
Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.
Al-Anon Mon., noon, Shepherd of the
Library (NOT Nov.-Dec.). 541-639-3217.
Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays,
Hills Lutheran Church / Wed., 6 p.m.,
12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse.
Episcopal Church of the Transfi guration. Central Oregon Woodworkers
Guild 2nd Tuesday. 541-639-6216.
Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419.
541-549-8737 or 541-549-1527.
East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th
Alateen Thursday, 7 p.m., Episcopal
Sisters Caregiver Support Group
Wednesday, September-June, Stitchin’ 3rd Tuesday, 10 a.m., Ray’s Food Place
Church of the Transfi guration.
Post.
All
are
welcome.
541-549-6061.
541-549-1527.
community room. 541-771-3258.
Friends of the Sisters Library Board
Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs. &
of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m., Sisters Cribbage Club Tuesdays,
Sun., 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Ray’s Food Place
Transfi guration / Sat., 8 a.m., Episcopal Sisters Library. 541-977-8285.
community room. 541-923-1632.
Church / Mon., 5 p.m., Shepherd of the Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers)
Hills Lutheran Church / Tues., noon,
1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board
Big Book study, Shepherd of the Hills /
Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Wed., 7 a.m., Gentlemen’s Meeting,
Location information: 541-549-1193.
Shepherd of the Hills / Thurs., noon,
Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to
Sober Sisters Women Meeting,
4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-548-3304. Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to
Shepherd of the Hills. 541-548-0440.
8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at
Military Parents of Sisters 2nd
Authors Support Group 2nd Friday,
Thursday, 5:30 p.m., 17549 Knight Rd., Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870.
10 a.m., Sisters Area Chamber of
Bend (Plainview area). 541-388-9013.
Sisters Parent Teacher Community
Commerce. 541-588-0081.
3rd Wednesday, 3 p.m., Sisters
Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters
Black Butte Macintosh Users Group
Elementary C-wing. 971-570-2405.
Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.,
3rd Thursday, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Sisters Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-408-5594.
Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.
Library community room. 541-549-1471.
Location information: 541-279-1977.
SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings
Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club
&
Enrichment)
Wednesdays,
1
to
Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community
Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon,
4 p.m. at SPRD. 541-549-2091.
room. Partner required. 541-595-6236.
Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-977-6545.
Sisters Area Photography Club
Central Oregon Council on Aging
Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters 2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library Sisters Trails Alliance Board
1st Wednesday, 5 p.m. Sisters Art
community room. 541-549-6157.
Community Church. 541-678-5483.
Works. Public welcome. 541-719-8822.
Sisters Area SketchUp Users Group
Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild
Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon,
2nd Wednesday, 7 p.m., Earthwood
4th Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For
Timber Frame Homes. 541-549-0924.
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123.
location information: 541-549-2072.
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.
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.
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 .
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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