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Wednesday, February 21, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon C O M M U N I T 3 Y Singing contest for Sisters Rodeo Sisters Rodeo is having a contest for residents of Central Oregon who would like to sing the National Anthem at a rodeo performance this year. Peggy Tehan, who has been singing the anthem for 27 years, is retiring except for Wednesday night at the Xtreme Bulls performance. She will chair the judging committee for the contest. Any Central Oregon resident can enter the con- test. The person must send a visual recording of singing the anthem to info@sisters rodeo.com by April 15. These recordings can be from cell phones or other devices or can be mailed to Sisters Rodeo Song Contest, P.O. Box 1018, Sisters, OR, 97759. Discs will not be returned after the contest. There may be four differ- ent singers for the four rodeo performances from June 8-10. A youth will perform on Sunday, which is now Family Day at the rodeo. Singers must be able to commit to a live contest performance at a date to PHOTO BY GEORGE MYERS Nina Vichayapai is one of the artists featured in Caldera’s Open Studio program. See SINGING on page 28 Caldera hosts open studio for artists Event tells story of river restoration Coho salmon. Pink salmon. Chinook salmon. Steelhead, chum salmon, sockeye salmon, eula- chon, bull trout and Pacific lamprey. As the fish return, so does the Elwha River and the rich life it supports. In the next decade, scientists predict, the return of the fish will also bring back otters and bears and osprey, along with the riparian environment neces- sary to support all manner of wildlife. That, in turn, will help restore the cultural resource of the river to the Lower Elwha Kallam Tribe. The Elwha was finally freed in 2014 after more than a century of dam-controlled drainage from its source high in the Olympic Mountains to the Straits of Juan de Fuca. Two dams were taken down in the largest dam removal project ever attempted in the United States. Dr. Jerry Freilich was there. An aquatic ecologist by training, he was chief of research at Olympic National Park for the duration of the project. On Tuesday, February 27, Dr. Freilich will See ELWHA RIVER on page 20 By George Myers Correspondent Seven multidisciplinary artists and writers from the West Coast will share their creative projects at the Caldera Artists in Residence Open Studios event this Saturday, February 24. Maesie Speer, Arts Center programs manager, describes these unique residencies as a way for Caldera to offer its resources and facilities to support artists, creative thinkers and performing ensembles, and to invite their neighbors in Sisters Country to experience a range of arts that is unique to our region. More than 200 artists applied this year for the opportu- nity to spend three-and-a- half weeks living in one of Caldera’s cabins, and to work on a creative project away from their normal routines and working environments. Between January and March each year, three cohorts are selected, with the selection committees prioritizing artists of color, parent artists, and teaching artists. This is one of the few residencies in the United States that encourages art- ists to bring their children along. One of the program’s goals is showing the youth in Caldera’s Youth Program that they can continue to live creative lives as artists with professional careers. The art- ists function as role models from a variety of cultural and geographic backgrounds, according to Speer. “Its magical to have this beautiful space. I can prac- tice any time, create, walk, or ruminate,” said taiko drummer and folk dancer Michelle Fujii, one of the current artists. From Portland, she is in her second residency and relishes the opportunity it provides for her. “Creating a space is one of the most fun- damental things that we take for granted. The space here is huge.” She is fully utilizing the physical, time and artistic space Caldera offers. “This is a space to take risks, a safe environment, and I find ideas that I couldn’t have imagined.” Her work this month is focusing on empathy and how it feels to walk in See CALDERA on page 29 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 Thursday, 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.www.sistersfol.com. 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. 7. Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon, Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community & Enrichment) Mon.-Fri., 11 a.m. to 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.
