Wednesday, November 29, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
The 2017-18 edition of Sis-
ters High School’s swim team
includes a total of 30 athletes
under the leadership of first-
year Head Coach Bryn Single-
ton. That’s one of the largest
squads in school history.
With the competitive sea-
son beginning on Saturday,
December 2 at Madras, the 13
boys and 17 girls on the ros-
ter will take their first steps
toward building on last year’s
success, which included a
fourth-place finish at state by
the girls team.
Rosie Horton will be serv-
ing as an assistant for the
team, taking the spot Single-
ton held for the past three
years.
The top returnees for the
girls team include senior Haw-
ley Harrer, juniors Brooke
Robillard and Meredith Man-
dal, and sophomore Lydia
Bartlett.
Robillard is the girls team
captain, and Jackson Rheuben
serves as the boys captain.
Other top returnees for the
boys team include Jordan Pol-
lard, Connor Crowe and Sam
Mitchell.
During pre-season prac-
tices, Singleton has found the
team to be enjoyable to work
with.
“They seem to be an enthu-
siastic bunch, so it will be
exciting to watch them learn
over the course of the season,”
she said. “The girls who went
to state last year are great
role models and I expect they
will help us have a very suc-
cessful season, both in indi-
vidual events and on our relay
teams.”
The Outlaws compete
in Special District 3, which
includes 4A/3A/2A/1A
schools Blanchet, Junction
City, Cascade, North Marion,
Salem Academy/Western
Mennonite, Stayton, Sweet
Home and Philomath.
Sweet Home is a peren-
nial power. The Husky girls
won the state title last year
with a whopping 99 points,
followed by North Bend (58),
La Grande (32), and Sisters
(29) as the other trophy teams.
Sweet Home’s boys team also
won the state title last year.
Singleton’s goal for the
team is that every member
feels valued, regardless of
speed or ability.
“I intend to structure my
practices and team activities
so that everyone improves in
the sport, and most impor-
tantly, has fun being part of
the team,” she said.
With two weeks of prac-
tices completed, Singleton is
pleased with what she is see-
ing thus far.
The Sisters-Camp
Sherman Fire & Ambulance
Association is sponsoring the
annual “Spirit of Christmas
Giving Tree” to provide
Christmas gifts to families in
need in Sisters Country this
holiday season. They expect
to serve close to 250 families
this year.
Gifts are available to chil-
dren age newborn to seniors
in high school of low-income
families who live within the
Sisters or Black Butte school
districts. The Association is
collecting new unwrapped
gifts at the main fire station
at 301 S. Elm St. in Sisters.
There are “Spirit of Christmas
Giving Trees” at Sisters Ray’s
Food Place, Sisters Bi-Mart,
Black Butte Ranch Post
Office and Black Butte Ranch
Police Department.
Last year, the Association
launched a new virtual “Spirit
of Christmas Giving Tree.”
On the District website at
www.sistersfire.com you will
be able to pick a tag and help
make Christmas a little more
special for a Sisters family in
need right from the comfort of
your home or from anywhere
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Volunteers encourage you
to pick a gift tag for a child
from one of the trees and pur-
chase specific gifts requested
by the families rather than just
donating a non-specific gift.
Spirit of Christmas
GIVING TREE
LOCATIONS:
• Sisters Ray’s Food Place
• Sisters Bi-Mart
• Black Butte Ranch
Post Office
• Black Butte Ranch
Police Department
For those folks that would
like to participate in the pro-
gram but are unable to pur-
chase a specific gift, the
Association will also accept
cash donations. Cash dona-
tions are tax-deductible and
will go toward gift-buying.
Cash donations can be made
at the main fire station, by
mail at P.O. Box 1509, Sisters,
Oregon, 97759, or online at
www.sistersfire.com.
The deadline for gift dona-
tions is Friday, December 1.
The tags that are not
filled by the community
will be filled by Sisters Fire
District volunteer shop-
pers using donated funds,
which mean that no qualify-
ing child gets left without a
gift.
If you haven’t seen the
Christmas lights display at
the main fire station at 301 S.
Elm St. in Sisters, be sure to
drive by and stop and listen.
The light display is accompa-
nied by music each evening
from parade day until after
Christmas.
On Christmas day, The
Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural
Fire Protection District and
the Sisters-Camp Sherman
Volunteer Fire and Ambulance
Association invites the public
to join them at the Annual
Sisters Community Christmas
Dinner to be held Christmas
day at 1 p.m. in the Sisters
Fire Station Community Hall.
Everyone in the community is
welcome and no reservation is
required.
For more information
contact the Sisters-Camp
Sherman Fire District at
541-549-0771.