Wednesday, May 10, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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District considers
ambulance fee hike
EMTs (emergency medical
technicians). The District
currently charges $900 for
“advanced life-support trans-
port” and is considering an
increase to $1,500. That
would put Sisters slightly
above the median of $1,400
in the region (the high is
$1,850, the low is $800).
With a couple of other agen-
cies also considering fee
increases, Fire Chief Roger
Johnson told The Nugget that
he expects that by this sum-
mer Sisters will be right in the
By Jim Cornelius
News Editor
Ambulance fees in the
Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural
Fire Protection District may
take a jump soon — but
users should feel little direct
impact.
The board of directors for
the District will consider a
proposal to increase ambu-
lance user fees at their May
16 meeting.
The District operates three
ambulances staffed by a com-
bination of career firefighter
paramedics and volunteer
See FEES on page 19
Mustang act to return
to Sisters Rodeo
Sisters Rodeo has
announced the return of
Bobby Kerr’s Mustang Act to
the arena for the 77th annual
rodeo.
In 2014, Kerr made his
first appearance in the Pacific
Northwest at Sisters, where
rodeo crowds were on their
feet cheering and gasping as
they watched the miracle of
what a trainer can do with a
formerly wild horse.
Kerr demonstrates how
time, trust and courage can
bring a fearful animal into
a relationship that allows a
trainer to get a mustang to
even sit in a car and go for
a ride. The tricks and riding
skills that Kerr has drawn
out of these horses have to be
seen to be believed. Fans will
have that opportunity at all
five performances of Sisters
Rodeo this June.
Kerr became a mustang
trainer after 40 years as a
professional horse trainer. In
2010, he viewed the Supreme
Extreme Mustang Makeover
as a guest and his heart was
captured.
“Bobby always thought
mustangs were like ponies,”
explains his wife, Susan, “and
See RODEO ACT on page 29
PHOTO BY SUE ANDERSON
Soprano Sue Broomhead and Sue Edgerton giving it their all, along with other members of the Sisters High
Desert Choral last spring, and they’ll be doing it again this coming Mother’s Day weekend.
Chorale performing for Mother’s Day
By Jim Anderson
Correspondent
Sisters High Desert
Chorale Director Connie
Gunterman will bring
the highly regarded sing-
ing group back to perform
two free performances
Mother’s Day weekend at
Sisters Community Church.
(Donations are welcome.)
The first performance will
be on Friday evening, May
12, at 7 p.m., and next on
Sunday, May 14, Mother’s
Day at 2:30 p.m.
The performance will
begin with the chorale doing
“Water is Wide,” followed by
“A Gaelic Blessing,” a cho-
ral composition by composer
John Rutter, who set the text
to an adapted ancient Gaelic
tune. It’s also known by the
beginning of the text, “Deep
Peace.” The work was com-
missioned by the Chancel
Choir of First United
Methodist Church in Omaha,
Nebraska, and published first
in 1978 by Hinshaw Music,
and has become a popular
for baptisms, weddings, and
funerals.
That will be followed by
“Silver Swan,” Greg Gilpin’s
original music, set to Orlando
Gibbon’s famous poem and
music that is both reflective
and compelling. The first
lines, “The silver swan, who
living had no note, when
death approached, unlocked
her silent throat...” are haunt-
ingly beautiful.
That will be followed by
four more numbers: “Danny
Boy,” “Black is the Color,”
“Seeing Nellie Home,” and
“Soon Ah Will be Done.”
And after that there will
be intermission where the
audience can eat some cook-
ies and meet the singers.
“Danny Boy” will open
the second part of the con-
cert, followed by “Deep
River,” then “Simple Gifts,”
a Shaker song written and
composed in 1848 by Elder
Joseph Brackett. The piece
was largely unknown out-
side Shaker communities
until the well-known com-
poser Aaron Copland used its
melody in 1944 for the score
See CHORALE on page 22
SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR
BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS
Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild
4th Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For
location information: 541-549-2072.
Al-Anon Mon., noon, Shepherd of the
Hills Lutheran Church / Wed., 6 p.m.,
Central OR Spinners and Weavers
Episcopal Church of the Transfi guration. Guild 4th Saturday, 1 to 3 p.m. Sisters
541-549-8737 or 541-549-1527.
Library (Jan.-Oct.). 541-639-3217.
Alateen Thursday, 7 p.m., Episcopal
Church of the Transfi guration.
541-549-1527.
Central Oregon Woodworkers
Guild 2nd Tuesday. 541-639-6216.
Sisters Area SketchUp Users Group
2nd Wednesday, 7 p.m., Earthwood
Timber Frame Homes. 541-549-0924.
Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon,
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123.
Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd
Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.
Sisters Walking Group Fridays,
10 a.m. at Village Green Park. All are
welcome to come walk! 541-410-9245.
Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays,
12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse.
Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419.
Three Sisters Irrigation District
Board of Directors 1st Tuesday,
4 p.m., TSID Offi ce. 541-549-8815.
Three Sisters Lions Club 1st
Sisters Caregiver Support Group
Thursday, noon, Ray’s Food Place
3rd Tuesday, 10 a.m., Ray’s Food Place community room. 541-419-1279.
Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs. &
community room. 541-771-3258.
Sun., 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the
VFW 8138 & American Legion
Transfi guration / Sat., 8 a.m., Episcopal Friends of the Sisters Library Board
Sisters Cribbage Club Tuesdays,
Church of the Transfi guration / Mon.,
of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Ray’s Food Place 1st Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.,
Sisters City Hall. 541-903-1123 or
5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
Sisters Library. 541-977-8285.
community room. 541-923-1632.
541-549-1132.
Church / Big Book study, Tues., noon,
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers)
Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board
1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City
Gentlemen’s meeting, Wed., 7 a.m.,
of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.
CITY & PARKS
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. Location information: 541-549-1193.
Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs., Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to
Sisters City Council 2nd & 4th
noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall.
4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-719-1230. Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to
8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at
Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fri.,
541-549-6022.
Military Parents of Sisters Meetings
Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870.
noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
Sisters Park & Recreation District
are held quarterly; please call for details.
Church. 541-548-0440.
Sisters Parent Teacher Community
Board of Directors 1st Tuesday,
541-388-9013.
3rd Wednesday, 3 p.m., Sisters
6 p.m., SPRD building. 541-549-2091.
Black Butte Macintosh Users Group
Elementary C-wing. 971-570-2405.
3rd Thursday, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Sisters Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters
Sisters Planning Commission
Library community room. 541-549-1471. Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.,
3rd Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Sisters
Sisters
Red
Hats
1st
Friday.
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-408-5594.
City Hall. 541-549-6022.
Location
information:
541-279-1977.
Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club
SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings
Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community & Enrichment) Wednesdays, 1 to
Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon,
room. Partner required. 541-595-6236.
FIRE & POLICE
Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-977-6545.
4 p.m. at SPRD. 541-549-2091.
Central Oregon Council on Aging
Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters
Community Church. 541-678-5483.
East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th
Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’
Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.
Sisters Area Photography Club
2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library
community room. 541-549-6157.
Sisters Trails Alliance Board
1st Wednesday, 5 p.m. Sisters Art
Works. Public welcome. 541-719-8822.
Black Butte Ranch Police Dept.
Board of Directors Meets monthly.
541-595-2191 for time & date.
Black Butte Ranch RFPD Board of
Directors 4th Thursday, 9 a.m., Black
Butte Ranch Fire Station. 541-595-2288.
Cloverdale RFPD Board of Directors
3rd Wednesday, 7 p.m., Station 602,
67433 Cloverdale Rd. 541-548-4815.
See the agenda at cloverdalefi re.com.
Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD
Board of Directors 3rd Tuesday,
5 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall, 541-549-0771.
Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD Drills
Mondays, 7 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall,
301 S. Elm St. 541-549-0771.
SCHOOLS
Black Butte School Board of
Directors 2nd Tuesday, 0 p.m.,
Black Butte School. 541-595-6203.
Sisters Christian Academy Board
of Directors 2nd Thursday, 8 a.m.,
RE/MAX Out West Realty offi ce at
Outlaw Station. 541-549-4133.
Sisters School District Board of
Directors One Wednesday per month,
SSD Admin Bldg. See schedule at www.
sisters.k12.or.us. 541-549-8521 x4011 .
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