Wednesday, February 22, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Firefighters raise funds
to fight blood cancer
Firefighters from through-
out the Northwest, including
right here in Sisters Country,
are raising funds to support
the Leukemia Lymphoma
Society (LLS) and their fight
against blood cancers.
On March 12, firefight-
ers from Black Butte Ranch,
Cloverdale, and Sisters-
Camp Sherman fire districts
will travel to Seattle to com-
pete in the 26th annual Scott
Firefighter Stairclimb. In a
friendly competition with a
field of 2,000, our firefighters
will race up 69 floors of the
Columbia Center skyscraper
in a timed competition, while
wearing approximately 50
pounds of protective clothing
and equipment.
An annual event, it is
staged to raise awareness
and funding for the fight
against blood cancers such
as leukemia and lymphoma.
Firefighters from around the
world compete in this event,
whose requirement for entry
is raising funds for LLS.
On Sunday February 26,
from 3 to 8 p.m. local fire-
fighters will be at Sisters
See FIREFIGHTERS on page 29
Eight local artists hit the
road for art experiences
By Jodi Schneider McNamee
Correspondent
The
Roundhouse
Foundation has a strong inter-
est in ensuring that Sisters’
creative community remains
dynamic.
In an effort to further its
support for the visual arts and
artists in Sisters and Central
Oregon, The Roundhouse
Foundation invited a group
of eight artists who responded
from a pool of 30 to experi-
ence workshops, artist in resi-
dency, and shared-space pro-
graming at various schools of
art throughout the country.
Each artist attended a dif-
ferent workshop at either
Anderson Ranch Arts Center,
Archie Bray Foundation
for the Ceramic Arts,
Arrowmount School of Arts,
Penland School of Crafts,
or Sitka Center for Art and
Ecology.
After participating in the
workshops and residencies
the traveling artists returned
to Central Oregon with their
artwork, which is now dis-
played as an exhibit at the
Sisters Art Works Building,
“Sisters on the Road: Eight
See ART SHOW on page 21
PHOTO PROVIDED
An Oregon Community Foundation Grant will expand the capacity of Circle of Friends.
Grant to boost mentorship program
By Jim Cornelius
News Editor
Nothing is more critical
to the health of a commu-
nity than the well-being of its
youth. For years now, Circle
of Friends has been provid-
ing the community’s most
vulnerable children a nurtur-
ing and sustained relation-
ship with a volunteer mentor.
Those mentors teach positive
values and have attainable
expectations for each child to
become a healthy, productive
member of the community.
That effort just got a
major boost in the form
of an Oregon Community
Foundation Grant for
$20,000. The award was pre-
sented at Circle of Friends’
annual mentor appreciation
event last Friday, which
was attended by 40 people
at the Pine Meadow Village
Clubhouse.
Executive Director
Debbie Newport wrote the
grant. She told The Nugget
that the funds will build
capacity for the organiza-
tion to both serve more chil-
dren and broaden its program
offerings as the children get
older.
Specifically, the $20,000
will assist with program
development for middle
school/high school youth;
provide professional devel-
opment and training for men-
tors; and help implement
a comprehensive program
evaluation.
The program currently
serves 28 children.
“(The grant) is going to
allow us to grow, to reach
more kids based on what the
need is,” Newport said. “We
continually have a waiting
(The grant) is going
to allow us to grow, to
reach more kids based
on what the need is.
— Debbie Newport
list with 10 or more kids’
names on it that we could
serve if we had the capacity.”
Prospective mentors are
See MENTORS on page 23
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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