Wednesday, January 17, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon 11
Folk Festival seeks
volunteer coordinator
Sisters Folk Festival
is looking for someone to
fill the big shoes of Kerani
Mitchell in the role of volun-
teer coordinator.
The volunteer coordina-
tor is responsible for recruit-
ing, scheduling and often
training volunteers for SFF
events throughout the year.
The position is part-time and
also includes office support
responsibilities.
“The volunteer coordina-
tor is the face and voice of
SFF to hundreds of volun-
teers. Kerani Mitchell, our
former coordinator, has done
an incredible job of building
a dedicated, capable volun-
teer team,” says Managing
Director Ann Richardson.
“Replacing Kerani won’t be
easy, but we’re sure there
is someone out there with
outstanding people skills, a
desire to be part of a creative
team and the ability to work
a highly flexible schedule
throughout the year.”
The position description
and application informa-
tion are available at www.
sistersfolkfestival.org/join-
the-sff-team. Applications
are requested by February
1. Direct any questions
about the position to Ann
Richardson at info@sisters
folkfestival.org.
For more information
about Sisters Folk Festival
visit www.sistersfolkfestival.
org.
Chamber event will
honor Sisters citizens
Outstanding businesses
and citizens will be hon-
ored at the Sisters Area
Chamber of Commerce
Aw a r d s C e r e m o n y o n
Thursday, February 8. The
event will include a full no-
host bar and heavy hors
d’oeuvres provided by local
restaurants.
“It is always a great time
presenting the award win-
ners,” said Sisters Chamber
Events Director Jeri
Buckmann.
Once again, the Sisters
Chamber will present
the 2017 annual awards
to Business of the Year,
Volunteer of the Year, Non-
Profit of the Year, Citizen of
the Year, President’s Award
and Customer Service Award.
The Chamber will introduce
the new board of directors
while saying goodbye to the
outgoing directors.
The event will be held at
FivePine Conference Center
beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Tickets are $35 per person
or $280 for a table of eight.
Reservations are available
until February 1 by call-
ing 541-549-0251 or email-
ing Jeri Buckmann at jeri@
sisterscountry.com. The event
is open to non-members.
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Swim teams off to busy start
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
The start of 2018 has been
busy for the boys and girls
swim teams at Sisters High
School. Coach Bryn Single-
ton is well pleased with the
improvement and the building
camaraderie she has witnessed
in the past three weeks.
The Outlaws began com-
petition in the new year at the
14th Annual RHS Jay Rowan
Invitational on Saturday, Janu-
ary 6, a four-way meet includ-
ing Madras, Redmond, Rid-
geview and Sisters. Redmond
High School hosted the meet.
Sisters nearly pulled off
the overall win on the girls
side, losing by just one point
to Redmond 274-273. Rid-
geview placed third (124) and
Madras fourth (56).
Highlights for the girls
included Hawley Harrer’s
narrow win in the 100-meter
freestyle (1:08.96), Brooke
Robillard’s whopping nine-
second win in the 100-meter
breaststroke (1:24.74), and
victories in the 400- and 200-
meter freestyle relays.
Robillard, Ella Cole, Ser-
ena Salisbury, and Hawley
Harrer teamed up in the 200-
meter freestyle relay, winning
in 2:12.96, a full six seconds
ahead of runner-up Rid-
geview. Robillard and Harrer
also joined Iris Diez and Anna
Bartlett for the 400-meter
freestyle relay, which won by
nearly a minute in 5:26.31.
The Redmond Panthers
dominated the boys meet,
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more than doubling the score
of runner-up Ridgeview 376-
165.5. Sisters finished third
with 133.5, just ahead of the
Madras White Buffaloes with
131.5.
The highest finish for the
Outlaw boys came in the 400-
meter freestyle relay where the
team of Gator Haken, Connor
Crowe, Sam Mayes, and Jack-
son Rheuben placed second
in 5:13.18. Earlier in the meet
Rheuben placed second in the
200-meter individual medley
with a time of 3:09.73.
The Outlaw swimmers
took on their biggest challenge
of the season on Saturday,
January 13 at the eight-team
Madras White Buffalo Classic
at the Madras Swim Center.
The girls team placed
fourth with 31 points behind
powerhouse North Bend
(152.2), Hood River (57.3),
and Pendleton (32). The
remaining scores included
Philomath (18.6), Madras
(7.7), Ridgeview (6.8) and
The Dalles (5).
Brooke Robillard picked
up one of a pair of runner-up
finishes for the Outlaws with
her effort in the 100-meter
breaststroke (1:16.10). Mer-
edith Mandal placed second
in the 100-meter freestyle
(1:01.43).
In addition, Robillard
placed third in the 50 free
(27.32) and joined Ella Cole,
Anna Bartlett, and Mandal
for a third-place finish in the
200-meter freestyle relay
(1:57.99).
Bartlett picked up a fourth
place in the 200 freestyle
(2:30) and fifth in the 500-
meter freestyle (6:40.47).
The boys team’s enthusi-
asm was not enough to make
up for its relative lack of
depth and experience, leav-
ing the Outlaws in sixth with
just 6 points. The Pirates of
North Bend crushed the field
with 151 points, easily out-
distancing Hood River (40),
Pendleton (39), Philomath
(32), Ridgeview (30), Sister
(6), Madras (5) and The Dalles
(5).
Jackson Rheuben provided
most of the scoring for the
Outlaws, placing fifth in the
50 freestyle with a strong time
of 25.25 and fifth again in the
200-meter individual medley
(2:40.79).
“It’s so enjoyable watching
their hard work in practice pay
off as they become more pro-
ficient in different strokes and
drop time every meet,” Single-
ton noted.
“Having a larger roster has
made it fun to have different
combinations of kids swim
together on relays. They’re
really coming together as a
whole team.”
For their next competi-
tion the Outlaws will travel
to Philomath for a dual meet
on Friday, January 19 with the
Warriors.
“It will be good to go
head-to-head with just one
other team,” said Singleton.
“It provides more opportu-
nity for each swimmer to
contribute than at the larger
invitationals.”
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