Wednesday, November 29, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Sisgers Arg Works hosgs
fundraising evengs
The Sisters Kiwanis Food
Bank will benefit from the
December 2 Holiday Open
House through the platters
and textiles fundraiser.
The Entry Gallery in the
Sisters Art Works building
will display the work of local
artists who have hand-painted
and hand-quilted each item.
Platters will sell for $100 and
textiles will be priced at $40.
Visitors can add to their
own holiday gifting or
tradition while knowing their
donation provides meals for
needy families.
Furry Friends Foundation
will benefit from pet photos
with Santa. Bring your pet
and get a picture with Santa.
Photos are taken for a $10
donation to Furry Friends,
which provides food for pets
belonging to families in need.
Santa will make an
appearance from 11 a.m. to 2
p.m. for pet photos.
PHOTO PROVIDED
Middle schoolers
work go save bags
Susie Werts is at it again.
First she was saving the mon-
arch butterflies, and now bats.
Susie started this project
by educating her students
about bats. There are 1,200
species that we know of. A
plague is affecting our bat
population called White Nose
Syndrome (WNS). It’s a fun-
gus passed from bat to bat and
also in various U.S. caves.
So how is Werts saving
the bats? This is where Steve
Madsen comes in. He is a
cabinetmaker who donated
his time to show middle
school students how to build
bat houses. The students
caulked and screwed four of
these houses together. Each
house can hold about 100
bats. They are being donated
to the Deschutes National
Forest and hung in local for-
ests with the hope of curbing
the spread of WNS.
Werts’ favorite bat is the
spotted bat, though the houses
will most likely become home
to the more common brown
bat. Both bats are threat-
ened, in part from WNS and
humans invading their homes.
The brown bat is more com-
mon in Sisters, eating insects
and living in the bark of trees,
attics, and porches. In winter
they hibernate in caves, leav-
ing on occasion to find food.
While out in the forest
keep your eyes open for the
bat houses. Sisters Middle
School hopes to partner with
the high school to build larger
bat houses.
Volunteers and sponsors made it possible to serve 250 meals at the Sisters Community Thanksgiving Dinner last
Thursday.
Communigy dinner highlighgs holiday
The fourth year of the
annual Sisters Community
Thanksgiving Dinner is
behind us, but the thankful-
ness is far from over, accord-
ing to Jennifer Knowles-
Seher, one of the event’s
organizers.
More than 50 volunteers
came together to pitch in
and serve more than 250
hot, delicious meals to the
community, including the
on-shift firefighters of the
Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural
Fire Protection District on
Thanksgiving evening.
The event was held at
Sisters Community Church.
“Volunteer time isn’t
all that makes it happen,
though,” Seher said. “This
year, we’ve had many local
community businesses pitch
in to help offset the costs of
the food needed to make this
a free event for all who wish
or need to have a meal.” (See
“Sisters salutes,” page 11).
This is the second year
the community event has
been held to provide meals
for people who may not have
another place to go to cel-
ebrate Thanksgiving.
“As a host and sponsor, I
couldn’t have imagined just
how big this would have
grown in such a short time,”
Seher said. “I can say, how-
ever, that Thanksgiving has
become a day I look forward
to every year for JUST this
very reason. I can’t thank
everyone involved enough for
all the time, effort, thoughts,
prayers, contributions and
hard work.
“Coming together to share
a meal with precious friends,
neighbors and family is what
As a host and sponsor,
I couldn’t have imagined
just how big this would
have grown in such
a short time.
— Jennifer Knowles-Seher
Thanksgiving is — and this
particular event defines what
community is, and why I love
Sisters so very much.”
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 Astronomy Club 3rd
Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.
Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays,
12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse.
Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419.
East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th
Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’
Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.
Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon,
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123.
Three Sisters Irrigation District
Board of Directors 1st Tuesday,
4 p.m., Three Sisters Irrigation District
Offi ce. 541-549-8815.
CITY & PARKS
Three Sisters Lions Club 1st
Thursday, noon, Ray’s Food Place
community room. 541-419-1279.
Sisters City Council 2nd & 4th
Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall.
541-549-6022.
Sisters Caregiver Support Group
VFW Post 8138 and American Legion
3rd Tuesday, 10 a.m., Ray’s Food Place Post 86 1st Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.,
community room. 541-771-3258.
Sisters City Hall. 541-903-1123 or
Friends of the Sisters Library Board
541-549-1132.
Sisters Cribbage Club Tuesdays,
of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Ray’s Food Place
Weight Watchers
Sisters Library. 541-977-8285.
community room. 541-923-1632.
Thursdays, 9 a.m. (weigh-in is at
8:30 a.m.), Sisters Community Church.,
Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers)
Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board
541-602-2654.
1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City
of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505.
Location information: 541-549-1193.
Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to
SCHOOLS
4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-719-1230. Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to
8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at
Military Parents of Sisters Meetings
Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870.
Black Butte School Board of
are held quarterly; please call for details.
Directors 2nd Tuesday, 5 p.m.,
Sisters
Parent
Teacher
Community
541-388-9013.
Black Butte School. 541-595-6203.
3rd Wednesday, 3 p.m., Sisters
Black Butte Macintosh Users Group
Oregon
Band
of
Brothers
–
Sisters
Elementary
C-wing.
971-570-2405.
Sisters Christian Academy Board
3rd Thursday, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Sisters
of Directors 2nd Thursday, 8 a.m.,
Library community room. 541-549-1471. Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.,
Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-408-5594.
RE/MAX Out West Realty offi ce at
Location
information:
541-279-1977.
Outlaw Station. 541-549-4133.
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.
Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-977-6545. .
4 p.m. at SPRD. 541-549-2091.
Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs. &
Sun., 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the
Transfi guration / Sat., 8 a.m., Episcopal
Church of the Transfi guration / Mon.,
5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
Church / Big Book study, Tues., noon,
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church /
Gentlemen’s meeting, Wed., 7 a.m.,
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church /
Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs.,
noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fri.,
noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
Church. 541-548-0440.
Central Oregon Council on Aging
Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters
Community Church. 541-678-5483.
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
822.
Works. Public welcome. 541-719-8822.
Sisters School District Board of
Directors One Wednesday per month,
SSD Admin Bldg. See schedule online
at www.ssd6.org. 541-549-8521 x5002.
This listing is for
scheduled meeti regularly
ng
teresa@nuggetn s; email
ews.com
Sisters Park & Recreation District
Board of Directors 2nd & 4th Tuesdays,
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.