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10 Wednesday, May 3, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Poet visit a hit with Sisters students Outlaws lacrosse defeats Burns By Erin Borla Correspondent Sisters’ elementary and middle school students heard former Children’s Poet Laureate Kenn Nesbitt speak last week. Nesbitt, brought to Sisters by a grant through the Sisters-based Roundhouse Foundation, spoke at four assemblies designed for dif- ferent age groups this past Tuesday and Wednesday. Nesbitt, a published author for the last 15 years, who now lives in Spokane, Washington, travels exten- sively throughout the United States and even internation- ally discussing poetry and writing with students. “Annually, I do about 60 visits to schools mostly in the U.S.,” he said. “I also do between 30 and 50 visits online via Skype with differ- ent schools and classrooms every year.” In addition to the assem- blies, Nesbitt spoke at a par- ent workshop on Tuesday, April 28, at the Deschutes Public Library and pro- vided a writing workshop for fourth-and fifth-graders and a publishing workshop for sixth-graders. Nesbitt’s poems are known for their humor and irreverence. Even the young- est kids got a chance to expe- rience his exuberance at the assembly especially designed for ages pre-kindergarten to second grade. The preschool students in Sisters Park & Recreation’s Community Preschool housed at Sisters Elementary School got a chance to sit in on one of Nesbitt’s assemblies. “He was funny!” said Valerie Selig, lead teacher in the preschool. “He was very much in tune with the kids in our age group. We were impressed he wrote a poem during the assembly with kids just calling out words By Rongi Yosd Correspondent PHOTO BY ERIN BORLA Poed Kenn Nesbidd visided Sisders schools lasd week, and sparked excidemend aboud wriding and reading in local youngsders. — definitely the best assem- bly this school year!” Within each assembly Nesbitt had students work together to create a silly poem. But once their poem was finished in the assem- bly — he told them it wasn’t really finished. They revised it a few times as a group, changing words, creating new rhymes and adding allit- eration. Nesbitt encouraged students to work with their teachers after the assembly on the group poem to make it even better. “I liked the piece he added about revision to the work- shop,” said sixth grade lan- guage arts teacher Becky Aylor. “Although the poem was ‘fine’ on the first go- round, it became great after multiple revisions.” Throughout all of his speeches he discussed poetry and wrote poems with stu- dents and he shared infor- mation about writing as a profession as well as pub- lishing, including how to self-publish. “There are several stu- dents taking his self-publish- ing tool very seriously,” says Aylor. “Poems can be about anything. I think students for- get sometimes how much fun writing can be — both in and out of class.” Nesbitt has found that his style is helpful in getting even the most reluctant read- ers to read and enjoy reading. “That’s the most reward- ing part for me,” he said. “Getting kids who don’t oth- erwise like to read to sud- denly discover that they love to read. It’s tricking them into thinking that reading is fun and writing is easy — and they can do it, too.” One Sisters Middle School student asked him what was the hardest part of being a writer. N e s b i t t ’s r e s p o n s e : “Finding a pencil.” When the match-up is even, the Outlaws lacrosse team can deliver. Sisters traveled to Burns on Thursday, April 27, to match up against the Highlanders — a team that is much closer to them in size and ability than most of the opponents they have faced this year. The Outlaws walked away with a 10-5 victory. It was not an official game, as Burns had to cancel their season due to low num- bers, but Sisters and Burns kept the game on the sched- ule so both teams could get in some good playing time. The Highlanders played with 12 players and the Outlaws had 15. Gator Haken scored three goals for the Outlaws, and Trey Stadeli, Bennett Lewis, Jared Richerson, Jude Kokesh-Carhart and Tyler Friend each scored one. Casey Warburton had eight saves in the box. “It was good for the team to play against a team of more equal ability, and not a school that’s so much bigger than us, like most games we play,” said Coach Paul Patton. Two days earlier, the Outlaws matched up against Bend High School, and lost the contest 19-1. Sisters had to play with just 14 players, as six were out due to injury, illness, or grade issues. The Outlaws competed hard the entire game, but were up against a bigger and more skilled team. Kokesh-Carhart scored the Outlaws’ lone goal off an assist from Noah Keeton. Sisters won eight face-offs and got off nine shots in the game Patton said, “With so many guys out, our young and inexperienced players got a lot of opportunity to get bet- ter. We continue to lower our turnover numbers each game, which is good.” The Outlaws were to play at Corvallis on Tuesday, May 2. On Saturday, May 6, the squad will play at home in Reed Stadium against Southridge. SAVE S AVV E GAS. G AS. EX EXTEND TIRE LIFE. Schedule your alignment today! a l 541-549-1026 541 54 5 4 9 1 0 26 DAVIS TIRE 188 W. Sisters Park Dr. In Sisters Industrial Park across from SnoCap Mini Storage Serving Sisters Since 1962. Amazing Sale! Your Smile, Saturday & Sunday, May 6 & 7 Your Convenience rental Last season’s us ot ed s ar e bo waders & P! EA CH r supe Waders, $50 Boots, $15-$35 barly and late appointments available to fi t your busy schedule! Ben Crockett, D.D.S. SNO CAP MINI STORAGE p 541-549-9486 f 541-549-9110 151 W. Main Ave., Sisters 541-549-FISH | Open 7 days a week 410 E. 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