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Wednesday, January 3, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon C O M M U N I T 3 Y Mild winter OK for local businesses Sisters Folk Festival, the coming holiday and winter season held out high hopes for what many looked for- ward to as an opportunity to get back on their feet. But response to the holi- day season has brought mixed reports. In contrast to last year’s heavy snowfall, the mild appearance of win- ter this year has increased the number of people walk- ing the streets of Sisters. Visitors continued to flood in and found the relatively mild weather an opportunity to shop without the arctic experience of last year. But By Cody Rheault Correspondent Many local businesses found the holiday season to be good — but not the jolt they were hoping for after a difficult and disappoint- ing ending to the summer. With tourists and visitor traffic, sidewalks and busi- nesses saw a steady flow of customers for the month of December, but nothing out of the ordinary. The end of the summer left many businesses in the red, and not just from the fire and ash. After a disappoint- ing eclipse experience and the cancellation of the annual See ECONOMY on page 23 SPRD seeks volunteer board member The Sisters Park & Recreation District (SPRD) is looking for an individual interested in serving on the board of directors. The board consists of five members. Board meetings are generally held on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at 5:30 p.m. All board members must be registered voters and reside within the district. The open position was vacated by Jeff Campbell, who stepped down to focus on a campaign to win voter approval for a 15-cent-per $1,000 local option assess- ment for the District in the May election. Since the position has become vacant in the middle of an elected term, the board will appoint a candidate. If the appointed candidate would like to continue serv- ing on the board, they will have to be voted in during the next board election cycle, See SPRD BOARD on page 22 PHOTO PROVIDED Leithauser Store, bandstand on left, Hotel Sisters and Gist Hotel on right. New pistorical society forms The Three Sisters Historical Society was birthed when five local Sisters women discovered their shared interest in the history of Sisters and they have been working for the past eight months to get it established. When history teacher Becky Lukens moved to Sisters in August 2016 with her family, one of her first endeavors in becoming acquainted with her new sur- roundings was to read about the history and geography of the area. “Paulina Springs Books set me up with ‘That Was Yesterday’ (the consummate history of early Sisters) and ‘The Biography of a Place’ (a natural history of Camp Polk Meadow along Whychus Creek, north of town),” Lukens said. Longtime Sisters resident Kathy Cooper has had an ongoing love affair with the history of the Oregon Trail, which her ancestors trav- eled in the late 1840s to set- tle in the Willamette Valley. For Cooper, “the history of Central Oregon, and specifi- cally the Crossroads area of Sisters, is an extension of the Oregon Trail story.” Karen Swank is a certi- fied genealogist and lover of old things, who has put her talents and interests to work researching the early families who settled Sisters. While volunteering at the Des Chutes Historical Museum, she has secured over 200 photographs of the earli- est days in Sisters from the museum’s archives. Zeta Seiple, who with her husband, Richard, moved to Sisters 14 years ago from California, loves “old stuff,” local museums and the history of small towns. She served on the board of the former Sisters Country Historical Society, which was disbanded several years ago. She has continued to see the need for a historical society in Sisters. She worked with Jean Nave, the founder of the former society, to secure objects, photos, interviews, and printed material from the previous organization. Sue Stafford’s ancestors See HISTORICAL on page 17 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) Mon.-Fri., 11 a.m. 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.
