Wednesday, August 9, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Painted rocks project
rolls out in Sisters
the rock.
The Nugget Newspaper,
who is behind the campaign,
worked to create a few rocks
to start off the project. Each
of the initial rocks have an
eclipse theme and are hidden
in places throughout Sisters
Country.
“Everyone can do this
project, they don’t have to be
an artist,” said Jess Draper,
graphic designer for The
Nugget. “They don’t have to
be on Facebook.”
The rules are simple:
By Erin Borla
Correspondent
Calling artists and creative
types of all ages — Sisters
Rocks!
The Nugget Newspaper
is inviting the public to cre-
ate hand-painted rocks to
hide in all sorts of fun places
throughout Sisters Country.
Visitors and locals alike
are invited to create their own
rocks and hunt for other hid-
den treasures. Once rocks
are found, snap a picture and
post it on the Sisters Rocks
Facebook page, then re-hide
See ROCKS on page 24
A mystery pigeon
in Sisters
What do you do when
a pigeon, looking like a
domesticated rock dove, or
“Homer” drops in on you?
That’s what Ann and Clyde
are wondering.
There’s really nothing
special about the pigeon;
it has that same old pigeon
appearance, with a bit more
dappled gray head feathers
than some, a little less black
here and there, a dark band
on the tail, a little more gray
here and there. And to let us
know it’s “domestic,” and
not wild, it has a small black
By Jim Anderson
Correspondent
One day last week, Ann
R i c h a r d s o n ’s h u s b a n d ,
Clyde, was just coming into
the house out on Whychus
Creek when a large flock of
rock doves went flashing by
his place. When he looked
again, there was a strange
pigeon perched over a door-
way to his house. When he
went in for a closer look,
the bird didn’t fly off, but
allowed him to get close
enough that he could see a
black band with the number
15 on one leg.
See PIGEON on page 29
PHOTO PROVIDED
Roper Cowboy by Wendy Birnbaum is featured at the Sisters Library.
Library showcases local photographer
By Helen Schmidling
Correspondent
When Wendy Birnbaum
was tooling around Ireland
one day, a total stranger
tapped her on the shoul-
der and said, “I love your
sweater! I knit it.”
She’d purchased the
Kelly-green sweater several
days previously in a shop
in the town of Doolin. The
sweater’s knitter was named
John, one of two broth-
ers who own the Glencoe
Woolen Mill Shop in the town
of Glencolmcille, County
Donegal. She then visited
John’s shop, where she was so
taken with the spools of hand-
dyed yarn that she preserved
the scene in a photograph
— one of many Birnbaum
photographs on display this
month in the Computer Room
of the Sisters Library.
“I aspired to become a
photojournalist at the age of
12,” Birnbaum said.
Although she eventu-
ally became an attorney,
she maintained her inter-
est in the magic of photog-
raphy throughout her life.
She studied photography
during the 1990s at Orange
Coast College in Southern
California, honing her skills
in the creative art of seeing,
and the visualization neces-
sary to creative photography.
Birnbaum has found
the joy and thrill of photo-
graphing horses, capturing
their movement and grace
through the lens of her cam-
era. She made a special trip
to photograph horses and rid-
ers against the early-morning
and late-afternoon sun on the
hills of the Central California
coast near Paso Robles. Then
she wrestled with how best to
display these photographs —
as framed prints, or on can-
vas? She discovered that the
golden tones of the sunlight
and dust are most dramatic
when printed on metal, and
then mounted off-center on
rusted and distressed steel.
Some of these photographs
are further enhanced with a
three-dimensional applica-
tion of kiln-fired black glass
rods and frit. Wendy worked
with Sisters glass artist Susie
Zeitner on this technique.
More of her horse
See LIBRARY ART on page 30
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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