Wednesday, February 21, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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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.
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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
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Black Butte Ranch Police Dept.
Board of Directors Meets monthly.
541-595-2191 for time & date.