Wednesday, January 17, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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SFF brings Josh Ritter
to the stage
By Ceili Cornelius
Correspondent
Sisters Folk Festival
will bring renowned singer-
songwriter Josh Ritter to the
stage on Tuesday evening,
January 23, in the opener of
the annual Winter Concert
Series. Showtime is at 7 p.m.
at the Sisters High School
auditorium.
Josh Ritter is an American
singer-songwriter hailing
originally from Idaho. From
an early age, he was a music
lover and was influenced
by listening to music that
his parents played around
the house, including Johnny
Cash and Bob Dylan. In
high school, he realized that
music was actually created by
people, not just top-40 radio
stations.
“After listening to Johnny
Cash and Bob Dylan I found
out that there is a whole other
creative world out there,”
Ritter told The Nugget. “I
heard a record one day,
(Nashville Skyline) and it
made me want to become a
musician. I figured out how
See CONCERT on page 31
Camp Sherman man
joins land trust board
Gary (Gus) Gustafson of
Camp Sherman has joined
the Deschutes Land Trust’s
Board of Directors. He brings
unique skills, expertise, and
passion for conserving land
in Central Oregon to the
Land Trust.
Gus Gustafson is a native
Oregonian and retired senior
regulatory advisor resid-
ing in Camp Sherman. Gus
obtained his B.S. and M.A.
in resource geography from
Oregon State University.
He has worked in a variety
of key management posi-
tions, including Director of
the Oregon Department of
State Lands, Director of the
Alaska Division of Land
and Water Management,
Senior Negotiator for BP
Exploration (Alaska) Inc. and
Manager of Environmental,
Regulatory and Land for the
Denali Pipeline. Previously
elected Mayor of Turner,
Oregon, and President of
the Western States Land
Commissioners Association,
Gus now serves as chair on
the board of advisors for
OSU’s College of Earth,
Oceans and Atmospheric
Science. When not road
See GUSTAFSON on page 31
PHOTO BY PROVIDED
Mary Ann Dozer is a fly fishing guide and one of the growing cadre of women in the sport of fly-fishing.
Closing the gender gap on the water
By Katy Yoder
Correspondent
Women have been closing
the gender gap in all kinds
of sports. Fly-fishing is no
exception.
Women have been cast-
ing since the sport began. In
the 1400s, an English nun,
Dame Juliana Berners, wrote
the first book on fly-fishing.
Fast-forward to the 1940s and
it was a woman, Joan Wulff,
who influenced generations of
anglers.
At 16 years old, Wulff took
top honors in the national dry
fly accuracy championship.
By the 1950s after winning
the National Fisherman’s
Distance Fly Championship
with a 136-foot cast, she was
widely known as the world’s
best fly caster. She has had an
immense impact on the sport
and broke the gender barrier
when she made fly-fishing
her career.
Equipment manufacturers
want more women to take up
fly-fishing. Companies like
Orvis have launched cam-
paigns encouraging future
female anglers by improving
equipment design. Last year,
Orvis declared its mission to
increase the ratio of women
in fly-fishing to 50/50 by the
year 2020.
Are women really wel-
comed or accepted by their
male counterparts?
Long-time local guide
Mary Ann Dozer explored the
dynamics that can occur as
more men and women share
the water. A guide with The
Fly Fisher’s Place, Dozer has
found that her growing female
clientele are in the 40-to-70
age range. “In Sisters, I’ve
seen an increase in women
anglers. That older age group
has the resources to hire a
guide and buy the equipment.
There’s a lot of us who moved
here to retire, or in my case,
just do what I love.”
With more women on the
water, there are bound to be
misunderstandings along
gender lines. Dozer’s years
of experience has taught her
that sometimes what’s per-
ceived as disrespect could be
misinterpretations. One of her
favorite sayings is, “I don’t
know what I don’t know.”
Untoward comments or
See FLY FISHING on page 20
SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR
BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS
Central Oregon Council on Aging
Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters
Community Church. 541-678-5483.
Al-Anon Mon., noon, Shepherd of the
Hills Lutheran Church / Wed., 6 p.m.,
Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild
Episcopal Church of the Transfi guration. 4th Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For
541-549-8737 or 541-549-1527.
location information: 541-549-2072.
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
Works. Public welcome. 541-719-8822.
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.
Alateen Thursday, 7 p.m., Episcopal
Church of the Transfi guration.
541-549-1527.
Central OR Spinners and Weavers
Guild 4th Saturday, 1 to 3 p.m. Sisters
Library (Jan.-Oct.). 541-639-3217.
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 Woodworkers
Guild 2nd Tuesday. 541-639-6216.
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 Caregiver Support Group
3rd Tuesday, 10:30 a.m., Ray’s Food
Place community room. 541-771-3258.
Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd
Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.
Friends of the Sisters Library Board
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
Sisters Library. 541-977-8285.
community room. 541-923-1632.
Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers)
1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board
Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Location information: 541-549-1193.
Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to
4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-719-1230. Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to
8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at
Alzheimer’s & Dementia Caregiver
Military Parents of Sisters Meetings
Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870.
Support Group 1st Tuesday, 11 a.m.,
are held quarterly; please call for details.
Sisters City Hall. 800-272-3900.
Sisters Parent Teacher Community
541-388-9013.
3rd Wednesday, 3 p.m., Sisters
Black Butte Macintosh Users Group
Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters
Elementary C-wing. 971-570-2405.
3rd Thursday, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Sisters Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.,
Library community room. 541-549-1471. Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-408-5594.
Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.
Location information: 541-279-1977.
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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,
Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-977-6545. .
room. Partner required. 541-595-6236.
4 p.m. at SPRD. 541-549-2091.
Three Sisters Irrigation District
Board of Directors 1st Tuesday,
4 p.m., Three Sisters Irrigation District
Offi ce. 541-549-8815.
Three Sisters Lions Club 1st
Thursday, noon, Ray’s Food Place
community room. 541-419-1279.
VFW Post 8138 and American Legion
Post 86 1st Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.,
Sisters City Hall. 541-903-1123.
Sisters School District Board of
Directors One Wednesday per month,
SSD Admin Bldg. See schedule online
at www.ssd6.org. 541-549-8521 x5002.
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 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.
Weight Watchers
Thursdays, 9 a.m. (weigh-in is at
8:30 a.m.), Sisters Community Church.,
541-602-2654.
FIRE & POLICE
SCHOOLS
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.
Black Butte School Board of
Directors 2nd Tuesday, 5 p.m.,
Black Butte School. 541-595-6203.
Sisters Christian Academy Board
of Directors 2nd Thursday, 8 a.m.,
RE/MAX Out West Realty offi ce at
Outlaw Station. 541-549-4133.
This listing is for
scheduled meeti regularly
teresa@nuggetn ngs; email
ews.com
Black Butte Ranch Police Dept.
Board of Directors Meets monthly.
541-595-2191 for time & date.
