Wednesday, February 15, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Grants help business
buy defibrillators
When someone collapses
in sudden cardiac arrest,
quick action means the differ-
ence between life and death.
Quick access to an automatic
external defibrillator (AED)
can save someone’s life.
Sisters-area businesses and
organizations can now apply
for grant money to purchase
an AED. The grants range
from $250-$750.
Sudden cardiac arrest is
an abrupt loss of heart func-
tion usually as a result of an
abnormal heart rhythm. It is a
leading cause of death in the
United States. An AED is a
See AED GRANTS on page 24
Seeking candidates
for school boards
Sisters School District will
have three board positions
up for election on the May
16 ballot. If Sisters conforms
to statewide trends, most or
all of the positions will be
uncontested.
According to the
Associated Press, a profes-
sional association is hoping
to get more people excited
about school board elec-
tions in Oregon. The Oregon
School Boards Association
reports that nearly three-quar-
ters of the seats for school
boards, education service
districts, and community col-
lege boards were uncontested
during the last round of board
elections in 2015 and eight
percent of available seats
drew no candidates at all.
With such low turnout,
the association has launched
a campaign to recruit more
candidates to take part in the
upcoming school board elec-
tions in May, AP reports.
Association spokesman
Alex Pulaski says it’s unclear
why people aren’t interested
in some races, though there
is little interest in seats in
rural Oregon. Pulaski says the
association is working to edu-
cate people about how school
boards affect policy in hopes
of energizing new candidates.
In Sisters, positions 1, 2,
and 5 on the school board are
elected for four-year terms.
The candidate filing period
ends March 16. Interested
candidates must file with the
Deschutes County Clerk no
later than 5 p.m. on March 16.
Forms are available at the
Sisters School District admin-
istration office, Deschutes
County Clerk’s office and
online at https://www.
deschutes.org/clerk/page/can
didate-measure-filing-forms.
PHOTO BY MARTHA PETERSON
Students learning about pH with red cabbage juice.
Kids get hands-on science experience
By Erin Borla
Correspondent
Close to 175 students and
parents at Sisters Elementary
School enjoyed the first
ever S.T.E.M. (Science,
Technology, Engineering,
and Math) Night last Friday,
February 10.
The event was hosted by
the Sisters Parent-Teacher
Community (SPTC) with
significant collaboration
from community organiza-
tions. Over a dozen different
experiments and activities
were housed throughout the
elementary school for fami-
lies to enjoy.
The Sisters Science Club
developed and displayed sev-
eral hands-on experiments
for students to learn about
pH, chemical reactions,
worm composting, electric
circuits and more.
“I was most impressed
by the parent participa-
tion in and enjoyment of
the event,” said Cal Allen,
of the Sisters Science Club.
“Clearly the students were
excited and ready to try
every experiment. However,
parents often seem reticent to
participate. Not at this event
— even though it was not
easy for adults to kneel on
the floor and participate with
their children in blowing
ping pong balls out of a stack
of blocks or blowing through
straws between pop bottles to
see what would happen to the
bottles. (The bottles moved
close together, contrary to
most opinions that the blown
air would move them further
See STEM NIGHT on page 30
SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR
BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS
Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild
4th Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For
location information: 541-549-2072.
Al-Anon Mon., noon, Shepherd of the
Hills Lutheran Church / Wed., 6 p.m.,
Central OR Spinners and Weavers
Episcopal Church of the Transfi guration. Guild 4th Saturday, 1 to 3 p.m. Sisters
541-549-8737 or 541-549-1527.
Library (Jan.-Oct.). 541-639-3217.
Alateen Thursday, 7 p.m., Episcopal
Church of the Transfi guration.
541-549-1527.
Central Oregon Woodworkers
Guild 2nd Tuesday. 541-639-6216.
Sisters Area SketchUp Users Group
2nd Wednesday, 7 p.m., Earthwood
Timber Frame Homes. 541-549-0924.
Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon,
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123.
Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd
Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.
Three Sisters Irrigation District
Board of Directors 1st Tuesday,
4 p.m., TSID Offi ce. 541-549-8815.
Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays,
12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse.
Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419.
Three Sisters Lions Club 1st
Thursday, noon, Ray’s Food Place
community room. 541-419-1279.
VFW 8138 & American Legion
Sisters Caregiver Support Group
1st Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.,
3rd Tuesday, 10 a.m., Ray’s Food Place Sisters City Hall. 541-903-1123 or
Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs. &
community room. 541-771-3258.
Sun., 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the
541-549-1132.
Transfi guration / Sat., 8 a.m., Episcopal Friends of the Sisters Library Board
Sisters
Cribbage
Club
Tuesdays,
Church of the Transfi guration / Mon.,
of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Ray’s Food Place
5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
CITY & PARKS
Sisters Library. 541-977-8285.
community room. 541-923-1632.
Church / Big Book study, Tues., noon,
Sisters City Council 2nd &
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers)
Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board
1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City
4th Thursday, 7 p.m., Sisters City Hall.
Gentlemen’s meeting, Wed., 7 a.m.,
of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.
541-549-6022.
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. Location information: 541-549-1193.
Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs., Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to
Sisters Park & Recreation District
noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
Board of Directors 1st Tuesday,
4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-548-3304. Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to
8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at
Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fri.,
6 p.m., SPRD building. 541-549-2091.
Military Parents of Sisters 2nd
Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870.
noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
Sisters Planning Commission
Thursday, 5:30 p.m., 17549 Knight Rd.,
Church. 541-548-0440.
Sisters Parent Teacher Community
3rd Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Sisters
Bend (Plainview area). 541-388-9013.
3rd Wednesday, 3 p.m., Sisters
City Hall. 541-549-6022.
Black Butte Macintosh Users Group
Elementary C-wing. 971-570-2405.
3rd Thursday, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Sisters Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters
Library community room. 541-549-1471. Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.,
Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-408-5594.
FIRE & POLICE
Location information: 541-279-1977.
Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club
SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings
Black Butte Ranch Police Dept.
Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community & Enrichment) Wednesdays, 1 to
Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon,
Board of Directors Meets monthly.
room. Partner required. 541-595-6236.
Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-977-6545.
4 p.m. at SPRD. 541-549-2091.
541-595-2191 for time & date.
Central Oregon Council on Aging
Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters
Community Church. 541-678-5483.
East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th
Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’
Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.
Sisters Area Photography Club
2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library
community room. 541-549-6157.
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., Station 602,
67433 Cloverdale Rd. 541-548-4815.
See the agenda at 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, 0 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 .
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