Wednesday, March 7, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Sisters Fire District
honors achievements
By Jim Cornelius
Editor in Chief
2017 was a challenging
year for the Sisters-Camp
Sherman Fire District.
A harsh winter burdened
the District as heavily as
everyone else in Sisters. It
cost $6,400 just to keep the
fire stations cleared of snow
so that emergency response
wouldn’t be delayed. And
the snow and ice damaged
Sisters Fire Hall to the tune
of $200,000. District person-
nel put considerable work
into planning and preparing
for the potential of cata-
strophic floods, had heavy
rain fallen on the massive
snow load. Fortunately, that
didn’t happen, and flooding
was minimal.
Winter was just the start
of a wild season, the travails
and triumphs of which were
recounted during the Sisters
Fire District’s annual awards
banquet, held at FivePine
Lodge & Conference Center
on Friday, March 2.
Like other agencies across
the region, the Sisters Fire
See FIRE LWLRDS on page 28
PHOTO BY JAY MATHER
Local resident
rescues feral cats
and also moving the mobile
home away from the area,”
Lanphear said.
Lanphear has been around
animals his whole life and
noticed that most of cats
were feral.
“Most of the cats wouldn’t
let you near them but I think
they were all related. They
knew each other and were
content around each other,”
he said.
Feral cats are quite socia-
ble within their colony, form-
ing close friendships with
others while rearing their
By Jodi Schneider McNamee
Correspondent
Dayton Lanphear, a land-
scaper and longtime resident
of Sisters, opened his heart
and home to 20 young feral
cats.
The story unfolded last
December when Lanphear
noticed an abundance
of young cats hanging
around the property he was
employed to clean up near
Fryrear Road.
“An elderly woman lived
in a single-wide mobile
home, and her son was mov-
ing her to another home
See FERLL CLTS on page 22
Lspiring artists worked with peers and professional mentors at the Lmericana Song Lcademy for Youth.
Song academy encourages creativity
By Jim Cornelius
Editor in Chief
Each year, the Sisters Folk
Festival presents some of the
most profound songwriting
talent in America, on stages
all around town, summer and
winter. Part of the organiza-
tion’s mission is to nurture
the next generations of artists
who will one day grace those
stages.
That was the undertak-
ing last weekend at The
Belfry during the Sisters Folk
Festival’s Americana Song
Academy for Youth.
Students, 33 in total,
from the Sisters Americana
Project mingled over three
days with peers from other
programs in Central Oregon
and as far away as Pagosa
Springs, Colorado, as they
worked under the tutelage of
established artists on subjects
ranging from writing process
to preparing to take the stage
as a performer.
“Every year has a slightly
different flavor... a differ-
ent feeling from the group,”
said Sisters High School
Americana Project teacher
Rick Johnson. “This year,
they’re just really positive
and eager to learn.”
Johnson has been bringing
students to the song academy
for over a decade — before
he became a teacher in
Sisters. He brings his back-
ground in music theater to
bear, teaching a session on
the Alexander Technique,
which performers use to relax
and focus themselves before
taking the stage.
Johnson sees tremendous
opportunities for the students
in their activities at the camp.
“They get a larger tool
box to express themselves
artistically and they gain the
See SONG CLMP on page 31
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.