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Wednesday, April 19, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Jazz Choir sallies forth across Oregon...
SCIENCE: An active
week awaits Sisters
science fans
Continued from page 3
Deschutes Land Trust.
On Friday, April 21,
Boeing test pilot Capt.
Michael Carriker will visit
local schools to talk about the
science and history of avia-
tion. An aeronautical engi-
neer, Capt. Carriker was the
chief test pilot for Boeing’s
“Dreamliner” and was at the
controls for the 787’s first
flight. Now Boeing’s Chief
Engineering Project Pilot
for New Airplane Product
Development, Carriker is a
former Navy fighter pilot and
the recipient of the Society of
Experimental Test Pilots 2010
award for outstanding profes-
sional accomplishment in the
conduct of flight testing.
To round out the week’s
celebration, community
members are invited to join
the Sisters Science Club at
the traditional Earth Day
PHOTO PROVIDED
Michael Carriker will speak on
aviation.
Fair and Parade in down-
town Bend sponsored by The
Environmental Center on
Saturday, April 22, from 11
a.m. to 3 p.m.
For more information
visit www.facebook.com/
groups/marchforscience
sisters, http://sistersscience
club.org/science_celebration.
html, or email sciencein
sisters@gmail.com.
Concert benefits
Circle of Friends
A performance featuring
the music of Melanie Rose
Dyer and Daniel Cooper will
benefit the mentorship pro-
gram Circle of Friends on
Thursday, April 20.
Melanie recently move
to Central Oregon from
Nashville. Her music is full
of life, incorporating a blend
of soulful ballads, blues and
Americana into her original
compositions.
The performance will
be held at Hood Avenue Art
Gallery, 357 W. Hood Ave. in
Sisters, as part of its spring
salon series. Suggested dona-
tion at the door is $10 (or
more). Appetizers will be
served and beverages will be
available for purchase.
PHOTO PROVIDED
The Sisters Jazz Choir took their Northern Oregon Coast Performing Trip last week. One feattre was a
concert in Fort Clatsop where they sang a piece of mtsic from a Lewis and Clark mini-mtsical. They also
took a gtided totr of the Fort with an emphasis on the mtsic that the Lewis and Clark Expedition wotld
have enjoyed.
District offers smoke alarms
The Sisters-Camp
Sherman RFPD has received
a donation of 40 smoke
alarms from Kidde Fire
Safety. Kidde’s mission is
to provide safety solutions
that protect people and prop-
erty from the effects of fire
and its related hazards, and
the company is committed
to educating families about
fire and carbon monoxide
safety.
The donation is crucial
in helping the District’s Fire
Corps members continue
their smoke alarm cam-
paign projects within the
homes today, that number is
less than three minutes.
Sisters-Camp Sherman
Fire District Fire Corps
members are available to
assist homeowners with
checking their smoke alarms
by appointment. New battery
powered alarms are available
for free, as well as replace-
ment batteries for wired
units. If your alarms are older
than 10 years, they should be
replaced.
To schedule an appoint-
ment or have questions about
your smoke alarms, call
541-549-0771.
TEXAS HOLD ’EM
7
PM
into
SPRING ON
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all your plumbing emergencies!
541 549 4349
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Come join us and support
our Mr. SHS contestants!
This Sat., April 22, at Sisters High School.
They’ve been working hard
raising funds for FAN!
It’s a great day to be an Outlaw!
541-548-2899
3818 SW 21st Pl.
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Sisters-Camp Sherman fire
district. The latest smoke
alarm statistics for Oregon
show that in 2014 there were
1,774 injuries and 30 fatali-
ties from residential struc-
ture fires. Of the 30 fatali-
ties, in only three instances
there were working smoke
alarms.
Also, according to
Underwriters Laboratory
(UL), 40 years ago residents
had approximately 17 min-
utes to escape a house fire.
Due to current construction
standards and the materi-
als used in the contents of
Hwy. 126 to Redmond,
two turns and you’re there!
(Near fairgrounds)
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$20 buy-in, no re-buys.
First hand dealt at 7 PM . Late
arrivals can buy-in until 7:30 PM
Natural &
Artifi cial
Menu at SistersSaloon.net
541-549-6566
190 E. Cascade Ave.
484 W. Washington Ave., Ste. B
541-549-RIBS
SEE YOU THERE!