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SFF hosts cross-
cultural music event
Sisters Folk Festival, in
collaboration with Caldera,
presents OneBeat, a cross-
cultural initiative bringing
young musicians from all
over the world together to
present new music.
The concert, Saturday,
September 30, at The Belfry
at 7 p.m., will showcase
newly created work by musi-
cians from 17 countries. The
“fellows” are currently in
residence at Caldera, a com-
munity arts center, before
embarking on a unique five-
week tour and engaging
in community integration
visits throughout the west-
ern United States. In addi-
tion, artists will visit the
Sisters School District as
part of Sisters Folk Festival’s
Americana Project educa-
tional outreach program.
OneBeat, a public-private
cultural diplomacy initiative
of the U.S. Department of
State’s Bureau of Educational
and Cultural Affairs and Bang
on a Can’s Found Sound
Nation, seeks to explore how
the arts can renew and restore
perspectives, spaces, and
See ONEBEAT on page 20
Sisters Rodeo
crowns 2018 queen
H a i l e y K o n z e o f
Redmond was crowned the
2018 Sisters Rodeo Queen
at the rodeo grounds on
Sunday, September 17. A
crowd of rodeo members and
fans greeted the selection
with cheers of approval.
“She has a wonderful
personality that stood out
throughout the whole compe-
tition,” said Amorita Anstett,
member of the Sisters Rodeo
Queen Selection Committee.
That opinion was shared
by many others in attendance.
“She was well prepared and
had a very polished deliv-
ery,” said Diane Prescott,
rodeo member. “Her speech
was a hard act to follow.”
Konze, a Redmond High
School honors graduate,
will be pursuing a nursing
career with a specialty in
neonatal care after her year
representing Sisters Rodeo.
She has two years of under-
graduate education from
Cottey College for Women
in Missouri. Currently, she is
enrolled in pre-med classes
at COCC.
“I love children,” said
the effervescent 22-year-old.
Konze is in high demand as
See RODEO QUEEN on page 24
PHOTO BY JIM ANDERSON
SHS science teacher, Rima Givot, and members of her freshman class beginning the annual study of the Trout
Creek Conservation Area ecosystem.
Learning on the land in Sisters
By Jim Anderson
Correspondent
Sisters High School sci-
ence teacher Rima Givot
took 21 of her freshman out
of the classroom into the
Trout Creek Conservation
Area (TCCA) earlier this
month for their first look at
methods of conducting field
studies.
For several of the students
this was their first close look
at the natural world around
them, but for others it was
an experience in using the
scientific method scrutiniz-
ing something they’ve been
doing with their families for
most of their lives.
The key to what Givot
was exposing them to was
how to ask the right ques-
tions while interacting with
nature, looking for the ele-
mentary facets of what’s in
the world around them, and
how to record what they see,
feel, and think in a scientific
way in their personal jour-
nals — the journal being the
key to the project.
As the students entered
into the TCCA, Givot asked
them to not go off on a tilt
and allow themselves to be
tempted to shout to each
other, or connect themselves
in any other way than care-
fully looking around where
they were, and allow their
minds and hearts to see all
that was around them.
And it worked. No horse-
play took place, each stu-
dent looked and felt with
their eyes, mind, and heart
at what was around them.
About 50 yards into the for-
est Givot stopped to tell them
the history of the TCCA,
who managed it and what it
was for. They stopped at an
area where a clump of trees
were all tagged with small,
long-lasting numbered metal
markers. She explained that
these trees were first identi-
fied and marked back in 2009
when a series of study plots
were set up for long-term
studies still ongoing today.
Several SHS graduates
See FIELD STUDIES 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
Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs. &
community room. 541-419-1279.
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
Weight Watchers
1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City
Gentlemen’s meeting, Wed., 7 a.m.,
of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Thursdays, 9 a.m. (weigh-in 8:30 a.m.),
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. Location information: 541-549-1193.
Sisters Comm. Church, 541-602-2654.
Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs., Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to
noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
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.,
SCHOOLS
Military Parents of Sisters Meetings
Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870.
noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
are held quarterly; please call for details.
Church. 541-548-0440.
Black Butte School Board of
Sisters Parent Teacher Community
541-388-9013.
Directors 2nd Tuesday, 0 p.m.,
3rd Wednesday, 3 p.m., Sisters
Black Butte Macintosh Users Group
Black Butte School. 541-595-6203.
Elementary C-wing. 971-570-2405.
3rd Thursday, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Sisters Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters
Library community room. 541-549-1471. Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.,
Sisters Christian Academy Board
Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-408-5594.
of Directors 2nd Thursday, 8 a.m.,
Location
information:
541-279-1977.
Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club
RE/MAX Out West Realty offi ce at
SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings
Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community & Enrichment) Wednesdays, 1 to
Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon,
Outlaw Station. 541-549-4133.
room. Partner required. 541-595-6236.
Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-977-6545.
4 p.m. at SPRD. 541-549-2091.
Sisters School District Board of
Directors One Wednesday per month,
Central Oregon Council on Aging
Sisters Trails Alliance Board
Sisters Area Photography Club
SSD Admin Bldg. See schedule at www.
Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters 2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library 1st Wednesday, 5 p.m. Sisters Art
Community Church. 541-678-5483.
community room. 541-549-6157.
Works. Public welcome. 541-719-8822. sisters.k12.or.us. 541-549-8521 x4011 .
East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th
Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’
Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.
CITY & PARKS
Sisters City Council 2nd & 4th
Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall.
541-549-6022.
Sisters Park & Recreation District
Board of Directors 1st Tuesday,
6 p.m., SPRD building. 541-549-2091.
Sisters Planning Commission
3rd Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Sisters
City Hall. 541-549-6022.
FIRE & POLICE
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.
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