Wednesday, February 28, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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SCIENCE FAIR: Event
focuses on outdoor
science this year
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PHOTO BY CHARLIE KANZIG
Ready for track and field season?
Spring sports greeted
by winter weather
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
Practice for spring sports
at Sisters High School got
underway Monday, February
26, but the winter storm that
hit the area last week is mak-
ing it a challenge for coaches
trying to get ready for the
upcoming season.
With practices forced
largely indoors by the snow
on the ground, teams are
jockeying for space, accord-
ing to Athletic Director Gary
Thorson.
“We have a good turnout
for our spring teams and it
is the season with the most
sports offered, so it’s defi-
nitely a challenge to take
care of everyone’s needs,
but we are able to use both
high school gyms, the mid-
dle school gym and even the
high school commons,” he
said.
Adding to the mix is the
fact that the boys’ basketball
team is in the playoffs and
still needs gym space as well.
Teams are rotating through
a practice schedule so that
everyone can access indoor
space, meaning that some
teams have to practice later
in the afternoon than normal.
This week, for example,
the track team will be start-
ing practice at 6:15 p.m.
when there is room avail-
able indoors. Workouts are
adapted, but since the start
of the season is mostly about
conditioning and learning
drills, it is not a tremendous
disadvantage for the team,
according to Assistant Coach
Josh Nordell.
The mild winter prior to
mid-February held promise
for the spring season, but bat-
tling the elements in Sisters
Country is nothing new to
coaches and athletes. In fact,
the tennis team purchased
indoor nets to be used in the
gym in anticipation of snow-
cover during the season,
according to Thorson.
“Good thing we got some
practice in earlier this winter
when the weather was nice,”
said Assistant Track Coach
Jim Anderson, whose spe-
cialty is the pole vault. “This
is nothing new.”
Spring sports offerings at
Sisters High include base-
ball, softball, lacrosse, golf,
tennis, and track and field,
making it the busiest of all
the sports seasons.
“Of course, everyone is
anxious to get outside,” said
Nordell, “but we’ll be fine.”
return with one of his popular
hawks to marvel our respect
for these beautiful birds. Elise
Wolf rehabilitates injured
birds through her Native Bird
Care here in Sisters.
“I have been fascinated by
wild birds my whole life. The
current stresses on our wild
bird populations is extraor-
dinary, and helping them is
not only an act of kindness
and compassion, but demon-
strates that humans do have
the ability to be selfless and
act with love towards their
non-human planetary family,”
Wolfe says on her website
www.nativebirdcare.org.
Jeff Perin, owner of
The Fly Fisher’s Place in
Sisters, and Glen Herron,
Environmental Science
IEE teacher at Sisters High
School, will both bring exhib-
its concerning the lifecycle of
our native fish and a bit about
fly-fishing, a popular pastime
here in our area.
What about other native
species? Bob and Val Collins
will present “Backyard
Science — What Do Our
Trees Tell Us?”
“Science is simply a way
of asking questions about
the world,” said Bob Collins,
president of Sisters Science
PHOTO PROVIDED
Projects engage people of all ages at the Sisters Science Fair.
Club. “Once a year at the
Science Fair it is fun to see
how we’re all doing with
our questions, and whether
there might be some tentative
answers for further testing.”
Keeping with the Outdoor
Science theme, the SciArt
Contest challenges students
to use their imaginations
and “find the art in science.”
Oregon is a wonder of out-
door beauty and intricacy that
only needs to be highlighted
by a painting or photograph to
bring it to the forefront of our
visions. Students grades 6-12
will submit a photo of their
artwork online to the Sisters
Science Club at www.sisters
scienceclub.org. Elementary
students can submit pho-
tos or drawings of their own
creation to their teachers. All
submissions must be in by
March 7.
Once again, the Design,
Construct and Compete
(DCC) Contest will take over
the high school gym and this
year they’ll be racing Balloon
Cars. Competition will be
judged on time and distance
and it promises to be an extra-
fun event. Cash prizes will be
given to the winners, so don’t
miss out on this challenge.
Science is simply a
way of asking questions
about the world.
— Bob Collins
To find out more about the
Sisters Science Fair visit the
Sisters Science Club website
at sistersscienceclub.org. To
volunteer to help at the Sisters
Science Fair, email Barbara
Bott at bottb1@gmail.com.
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