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Wednesday, April 19, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
City snapshot
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
PHOTO BY SUE ANDERSON
Lola Knox and her Sisters Children’s Choir performing at Christmas, 1016.
Children’s choir getting
underway in Sisters
By Jim Anderson
Correspondent
If you have a daughter or a
son who is between the ages
of 5 and 10, and wish he or he
knew more about music, and/
or could actually sing or play
a musical instrument, call
Lola Knox.
She will sign up your
daughter or son with her
Sisters Children’s Choir.
Knox will teach your child
music, and to sing. If you want
to give your child the oppor-
tunity to really get involved
with music, she can also teach
piano, stringed instruments,
percussion, and woodwinds.
The Sisters Children’s
Choir has sung with the
Sisters High Desert Choir
several years running, and
knocked the audience out of
their seats every time. Those
who have heard her kids sing
have stood next to their moms
and dads, clapping with tears
of joy on their faces.
This year, Knox is doing a
lot of music from the “Peter
Pan” era, because, as she put
it, she and Peter Pan are the
same age (and knowing Lola,
they share some personality
traits). She will also be doing
music from “Annie.”
“Of Peter Pan, we’ll even
modernize things by adding a
rap version of, ‘I Won’t Grow
Up,’ and ‘You’re Never Fully
Dressed Without A Smile,’”
she said.
The choir meets every
Monday afternoon from 4:30
to 5:30 p.m. at Shepherd of
the Hills Lutheran Church at
386 N. Fir St. in Sisters. If
you want your child to join in
the fun give Lola Knox a call
at 541-390-4615, or send her
an email: forteknox@icloud.
com.
• Negotiations continue
between the City and Uber on
a contract that would bring
Uber services to Sisters,
beginning around Memorial
Day weekend.
Negotiators are attempt-
ing to make the contracts
between Bend and Uber,
Redmond and Uber, and
Sisters and Uber be as simi-
lar as possible to eliminate
confusion for the driv-
ers and passengers as they
travel between cities. At the
Sisters City Council work-
shop Wednesday, April 12,
Council members reviewed a
new draft ordinance, separate
from the contract, regarding
vehicles for hire, to cover
any transportation network
company (TNC) doing busi-
ness in Sisters. Council hopes
to approve the ordinance and
the contract at their April 26
meeting. Service could begin
30 days after approval.
• The City website has
been redesigned to be more
user-friendly. The home page
has links to current topics of
importance, such as updates
on the Highway 20/Barclay
roundabout construction,
Creekside Park campground
information and reserva-
tions, City positions cur-
rently available, Whychus
Creek water flow, the new
Cascades East transit routes
between Sisters-Bend and
Sisters-Redmond, and other
pertinent information.
• The Arbor Day
Foundation has named
Sisters a 2016 Tree City USA
for the 10th year, in honor
of the City’s commitment to
effective urban forest man-
agement. The community
also received a Tree City
USA Growth Award for the
seventh time by demonstrat-
ing environmental improve-
ment and higher level of tree
care.
The City has an Urban
Forestry Board made up of
volunteers who work with the
City forester and the Public
Works department to identify
diseased and distressed trees
on public rights-of-way that
pose a public safety hazard
and need removal. Many of
the ponderosa pines around
the city are showing signs of
stress from the lack of water
over the past years. That
stress makes them more sus-
ceptible to insect infestation
and other diseases. If citizens
notice a tree on public prop-
erty that looks sick or haz-
ardous, they should contact
the public works department.
The City maintains a
tree nursery on the prop-
erty where the sewage treat-
ment plant is located. Five
trees from the nursery will
be planted at Village Green
Park on Arbor Day, April
28, in a public ceremony at
11:45 a.m., with kindergar-
ten students from Sisters
Elementary School doing
the planting. These trees will
replace the trees that needed
to be removed when the
sidewalk and parking spaces
were put in around the park.
• At the April 12 Council
meeting, three motions
were approved regarding
acceptance by the City of
water line easements from
the Sisters Airport prop-
erty, which allow the City
to access their water lines
that are on-site at the airport,
to service and maintain the
lines.
• The slate of poten-
tial candidates for the City
Manager position was nar-
rowed down to eight last
week after phone interviews
were finished. Interviews
of the eight semi-finalists
should be completed by April
26. After a Council executive
session, the final three to five
candidates will be publicly
announced and interviews
will take place in Sisters.
That interview process will
include an opportunity for
the public to meet the candi-
dates and provide feedback
to the Council.
Frontiers In Science
MONTHLY SYMPOSIUM IN SISTERS
BIO FUELS OR FOSSIL FUELS :
CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES
I Draw Dreams For Inventors
INVENTION HELP
Product Designing using computer aided design
CAD manufacturing fi les – 3D printing, CAD/CAM
Virtual Prototypes • Patent Drawings
Marketing Materials & Videos
O R E G O N
G R O W
C A B I N E T S
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Brian M Keast • Sisters • 541-588-0661
idrawdreams@gmail.com
www.idrawdreamsforinventors.com
S i s t e r s —
Opening Day
of Trout Season
W ho,
Me ?
Saturday,
April 22
Come in for maps, advice and the
right fly to land the big one!
Announcing
Bridges
Restaurant
Casual Fine Dining
Come try our
chef’s delicious
creations!
Call 541.516.3030 | lakecreeklodge.com
151 W. Main Ave., Sisters
541-549-FISH | Open 7 days a week
Wed.-Sun. Breakfast and Lunch 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Dinner 6 p.m., by reservation
Assistant Professor Chris Hagen , PE (CO)
What is interesting and upcoming
in the world of transportation fuels,
fuels for stationary power genera-
tion, and energy conversion? This
talk will focus on fuel sources, from
bio-derived and fossil-based, to
inform the audience of the merits of
these different sources. The speak-
er will also give an overview of the
life-cycle merits (ie, all implications from green-
house-gas to economics) of the different sources.
Chris Hagen is an assistant professor in the Energy Systems Engineering pro-
gram at Oregon State University – Cascades. Dr Hagen’s research focuses on energy
systems, advanced internal-combustion engines, unconventional fuels, applied ther-
modynamics and fl uid mechanics.
Prior to joining the faculty at OSU, Hagen was an assistant research professor in
the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University (CSU). His
industry experience includes serving as a Lead Research Engineer at the Chevron
Energy Technology Company where he investigated novel fuels for advanced inter-
nal-combustion engines. He also worked as an Application Engineer for Woodward,
Inc., a global energy system solution provider. Hagen received his BS in mechanical
engineering from Valparaiso University, his MS in mechanical engineering from CSU,
and his PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Tuesday, April 25
At The Belfry, 302 E. Main Ave., Sisters
One-hour lecture begins at 7 p.m.
Doors open at 6 p.m. for
food and beverage.
Admission: $5;
Science Club Donors,
Teachers and
Students - FREE
Bring your curiosity and an appetite for food, drink & knowledge!