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Wednesday, April 12, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Civility event on tap at fire hall
By Ste Stafford
Correspondent
Citizens4Community is
presenting its sixth free skill-
building presentation on
Thursday evening, April 20,
at the Sisters Fire Hall.
The evening will be a
community conversation
about civility, to help one
another improve skills and
understanding. Local volun-
teers who care about com-
munity, communication, and
civility will facilitate the
conversation.
“In their lives, these vol-
unteers work to help people
in many different ways. The
facilitators are not there as
trained experts. This is not
counseling or professional
advice. They are bringing
their experience to help the
discussion move along, as
facilitators where needed,”
explained C4C program chair
Maret Pajutee.
A partial list of facilita-
tors includes: Roger Johnson,
Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD
fire chief; Fran Willis, Sisters
resident; Dr. Kent Neff, psy-
chiatrist and professional
mediator; Katie Cavanaugh,
business coach and consul-
tant; Kristie Miller, retired
Sisters District Ranger; and
Karen Roth, COCC director
of multicultural activities.
“I did an initial design
of the activity for the eve-
ning — a role-play to prac-
tice the communication
skills taught by some of the
previous presenters,” said
Adrienne Graham, senior
consultant with the Nonprofit
Association of Oregon. “I
am glad to be able to use my
background to help out a non-
profit in my community create
healthy, respectful and robust
community dialogue.”
Soup and Civility will
be served from 5:15 to 6
p.m., with soup by Melvin’s
Fir Street Market (vegetar-
ian option available). The
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complimentary light meal
will include coffee and cook-
ies and is sponsored by Sisters
Coffee Company and C4C.
From 6 to 7 p.m., partici-
pants will gather for a com-
munity conversation about
civility. There will be a brief
overview of constructive
conversation tips before role-
playing exercises involving
small group “challenging con-
versations,” to be followed
by debriefing. The evening
will close with a large group
debrief and lessons learned.
“I have attended several
of the training sessions in the
past and have found them to
be entertaining and personally
and professionally benefi-
cial,” said Chief Johnson.
The idea for this session
came from feedback received
at the January workshop fea-
turing Dr. Gregg Walker of
Oregon State University.
Participants were asked to
write on a card an example
of a difficult behavior they
had encountered. Thirty-eight
participants reported the fol-
lowing behaviors: 29 percent
involved personal/verbal
attacks or bullying; 26 percent
involved emotional manipula-
tion/power struggles, passive/
aggressive behavior, or people
who won’t engage; 26 percent
said some people only talk
but don’t listen; 8 percent had
encountered cultural insensi-
tivity or the assumption that
people of color don’t belong
and are not part of this com-
munity; 5 percent had expe-
rienced dishonesty; and 5
percent had witnessed erratic
behavior or intoxication.
In the previous five work-
shops, which dealt with four
of the nine tenets of civility
of Speak Your Peace, close to
300 people have participated.
Feedback from all the sessions
said participants wanted more
time to discuss various issues
and practice how to respond.
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Mid Oregon Credit
Union to host opening
Mid Oregon Credit Union,
a member-owned financial
institution headquartered in
Bend, has opened their sev-
enth community branch — in
Sisters.
The branch is located
across the street from the post
office at 703 N. Larch St.
They will be hosting
a grand opening celebra-
tion on Saturday, April 29,
starting at 11 a.m., featur-
ing the music of The Anvil
Blasters and catered by
Three Creeks Brewing Co.
serving up pulled pork and
accoutrements.
Residents in Sisters will
have access to a full-service
Mid Oregon Credit Union
branch that offers many
conveniences including a
drive-up ATM, free online
and mobile banking, and a
full range of products and
services. The Sisters branch
is open with hours Monday-
Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
and Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
“We are excited with this
opportunity to offer Mid
Oregon Credit Union services
to new friends and existing
members in Sisters,” said Bill
Anderson, president/CEO of
Mid Oregon Credit Union.
“We look forward to serving
the residents of Sisters and
offering them a friendly place
to manage their finances with
the products and services
they want.”
The branch staff
includes Branch Manager
Marc Madron and his
team Christina Schulz and
Madison Gibney.
You can visit their website
at www.midoregon.com to
discover the benefits of being
a credit union member.
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