Wednesday, February 28, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Darlingside to return
to the Sisters stage
However, they don’t like
labels on their music because
they incorporate many differ-
ent genres into their music.
“We all bring different
backgrounds of music into
our sound, including classi-
cal to ’60s pop and folk,” said
Senft.
The band is made up of
four friends who attended
Wi l l i a m s C o l l e g e i n
Massachusetts: Dave Senft on
bass, kick drum and vocals;
Don Mitchell playing electric
guitar, banjo, acoustic guitar
By Ceili Cornelius
Correspondent
Sisters favorite Darlingside
is set to return as the third
installment of Sisters Folk
Festival’s Winter Concert
Series. It will be their fourth
time on the Sisters stage; they
first came to the Sisters Folk
Festival in 2014.
“Sisters is a place we
always look forward to
going,” Dave Senft told The
Nugget.
Darlingside is known
around the nation for their
unique folk/alternative sound.
See DARLINGSIDE on page 31
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Jeff McDonald: giving
back to his community
parents with medical bills and
a place to stay during trips to
Portland.
That
support
of
Doernbecher continues today
as C & K Markets (Ray’s par-
ent company) supports the
Children’s Miracle Network
fund drive each June, with all
money collected at the Sisters
Ray’s going to Doernbecher.
From that early begin-
ning in Merlin, Oregon,
McDonald’s level of com-
munity involvement has
continued every place he has
lived, as evidenced by all the
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
Jeff McDonald, the man-
ager of Ray’s Food Place in
Sisters for the past 18 years,
understands what it means to
give back to his community.
As a high school courtesy
clerk (box boy) at the North
Valley Sentry grocery store,
he organized a car wash and
car show to raise money
for Doernbecher Children’s
Hospital in Portland. One
of McDonald’s sisters had
undergone a number of sur-
geries there, and he was aware
of how the hospital helped his
See MCDONALD on page 24
Marty and Bear Gray broke snowy ground on their future home.
Longtime locals find a new home
When Mary Gray first
moved to Sisters nearly 30
years ago with her two boys,
she lived off of Brooks Camp
Road in the logging cabins
owned by Brooks-Scanlon
Lumber. Last week, she and
her husband, Bear, returned
to the Brooks Camp Road
area to break ground at their
future Sisters Habitat home
site. This time, however, the
home they will move into
will be their own, which they
will purchase through the
Sisters Habitat homeowner-
ship program.
The Grays are well-known
in the community, and that
was evident from the many
folks who came out for the
celebration. “Bear and Mary
are very community-minded
and active,” Marsha Lewis
told the crowd. Lewis and
Gayla Nelson are family
partners with Bear and Mary.
Family partners are Habitat
volunteers who are paired
with future homebuyers to
help navigate the homebuyer
process.
“It was divine interven-
tion that we were paired with
them. They are huggers, and
Gayla and I are huggers, too,”
Lewis said.
With fresh snow on the
ground, Nelson thought it
appropriate to give the couple
a snow shovel. Mary started
shoveling and even found
dirt. With laughter, smiles
and some teasing from Bear
to toss some snow to the
onlookers, they were handed
the golden digging shovel
while the crowd applauded.
“When the studs are up,
I’d like everyone to come and
write their name, the date and
a prayer on the stud,” Bear
told the crowd.
The group finished the cel-
ebration with hugs for Bear
See HOME 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 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
teresa@nuggetn ngs; email
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Black Butte Ranch Police Dept.
Board of Directors Meets monthly.
541-595-2191 for time & date.