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The Nugget
Vol. XXXX No. 10
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Sisters hosts song academy for youth
By Ceili Cornelius
Correspondent
Students from Redmond,
Bend, Sisters, California
and Colorado all came out
to The Belfry to attend the
Americana Song Academy
for Youth last weekend.
The academy, now in its
10th year, gave the young
musicians the opportunity to
learn from instructors to bet-
ter their songwriting craft.
Throughout the weekend
classes addressed various
aspects of singing, songwrit-
ing, guitar-playing, writer’s
block, relaxation techniques,
learning how to better col-
laborate and more.
Instructors this year
included: Anna Tivel, Beth
Wood, Bob Hemenger, Brent
Alan, Keith Greeninger,
Laura Curtis, Mandy Fer,
Mosley Wotta, Patrick
Pearsall, Pete Kartounes of
The Good Time Travellers,
Rick Johnson, Hayley
Heynderickx, Slater Smith,
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Developer
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By Jim Cornelius
News Editor
encouraging young people to
be (themselves).”
The State of Washington
has come down on the devel-
oper of a long-promised
senior living facility in Sisters
for a variety of securities act
violations.
Mark Adolf, Anita Adolf,
Pinnacle Alliance Group of
Yakima, Washington, and
Sisters Lodge Holdings have
agreed to a consent order with
the Washington Department
of Financial Institutions
Securities Division to resolve
violations of the state’s
Securities Act that the depart-
ment determined had been
committed in Adolf’s attempt
See SONG ACADEMY on page 30
See DEVELOPER on page 20
PHOTO BY CEILI CORNELIUS
Slater Smith worked one-on-one with Rylee Funk at the American Song Academy for Youth last weekend.
and Tom O’ — all of whom
are musicians, artists, and
teachers.
Keith Greeninger, a
returning instructor said,
“I’m always excited to
come back and work with
the youth, I believe in
Shelter to remain active Seventh graders retreat for a day
through March
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
Despite many fervent
wishes for the arrival of
spring by snow-weary resi-
dents, winter temperatures
and conditions are still very
much in the daily weather
forecasts. The need for the
emergency cold weather
shelter continues, and provi-
sions are planned through the
month of March.
The shelter moved on
March 1 to its third loca-
tion, welcomed by the
Episcopal Church of the
Transfiguration. In January,
it was housed at Westside
Church, and in February
Sisters Community Church
opened the doors of The
Hangar to the shelter.
Inside...
Moving from location to
location and storage of shel-
ter materials has been greatly
enhanced by the enclosed
trailer donated by a local
resident.
In March, meals will be
served in the undercroft of the
Episcopal Church, which has
a full kitchen with oven and
refrigerator/freezer. Guests
will sleep in the large upstairs
community room at the
request of the fire marshal.
During the coldest win-
ter months of December,
January, and February, the
shelter is open every eve-
ning from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m.
In the shoulder months of
November and March, it will
be open on those evenings
See SHELTER on page 29
The Sisters School District
is well known for finding
ways for students to get out-
side the school walls for
enhanced education. That is
exactly what seventh-graders
from Sisters Middle School
did Friday, February 24,
with a retreat at Hoodoo Ski
Area.
A team of adult leaders
including Brad Tisdel and
some Sisters Middle School
staff members, along with 16
high school student mentors
and the entire seventh-grade
class, spent the day learning
about cooperation, personal
responsibility, self-awareness
and creativity while also
gaining some practical skills
that every Central Oregonian
should possess.
Ti s d e l , w h o i s t h e
PHOTO BY CHARLIE KANZIG
Middle school students built snow shelters and engaged in other outside-
the-classroom team-building at Hoodoo last week.
creative director of Sisters
Folk Festival, has done con-
tract work for Sisters School
District for many years as
a coordinator of retreats,
Outdoor School and other
programs.
Students rotated through
three stations which included
Nordic skiing, snow-shelter
building/outdoor survival,
and drumming. Each sta-
tion held its own value in
allowing students to try
something new while test-
ing their ability to work
See RETREAT on page 31
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