Wednesday, April 11, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Native Bird Care
rescue center expands
releasing healthy, hearty, and
sound individuals back into
the wild.
“Native Bird Care may be
small in perspective, but the
work we do is critical. The
needs of the birds we work
with are often underesti-
mated,” Wolf said.
Each species is unique,
and the rescue center must
cater to each type of bird and
their appropriate needs in care
and housing.
In 2014 the rescue center
built a 500-square-foot indoor
By Jodi Schneider McNamee
Correspondent
Over the past nine years,
Native Bird Care of Sisters,
a nonprofit rescue center
founded by Elise Wolf, has
grown substantially. With
the closing of a large wildlife
rehabilitation facility in Bend
about two years ago, Native
Bird Care went from caring
for 30 birds a year to over 200
rescues.
The rescue facility offers
specialized care and rehabili-
tation for shore, water, and
songbirds, with the goal of
Western author
Rick Steber
headlines
‘Fireside Stories’
See BIRD RESCUE on page 29
Schedule for visioning
meetings announced
running through the end of
April.
About a dozen meetings
will be conducted in and
around the city of Sisters as
well as more rural areas of
Sisters Country. Meetings are
free and open to the public.
Below is a schedule of meet-
ing dates, times and venues.
Email info@sistershorizons.
org with any questions about
specific meeting dates, ven-
ues or times.
Thursday, April 12, 6:30 to
8 p.m., Sisters-Camp Sherman
RFPD community hall;
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
Sisters Country Horizons
is launching the next phase of
its public-engagement activi-
ties for the community vision-
ing process with a series of
community meetings begin-
ning this Thursday evening,
April 12, and running through
mid-May.
The meetings are a contin-
uation of public engagement
activities begun with inter-
views of community leaders
in February and March and
an online community sur-
vey launched in March and
See MEETINGS on page 22
PHOTO BY MARY ALICE WILSON
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
Renowned Western author,
historian, and storyteller Rick
Steber will close out the free
Fireside Stories series spon-
sored by the Three Sisters
Historical Society on Tues-
day, April 17 at FivePine
Conference Center. Doors
will open at 6:30 p.m. and the
program begins at 7 p.m.
Steber will present his
“Wandering the Native
American Trail,” sharing
stories about Native Ameri-
cans including Jackson Sun-
down, who was featured in
Steber’s “Red White Black.”
Sundown was born Waaya-
Tonah-Toesits-Kahn, mean-
ing Blanket of the Sun, in
1863. He was a rodeo rider
who has become a folk hero
for his mythic performance in
the 1916 Pendleton Round-
Up when in his 50s.
Sundown made his living
by breeding, raising, break-
ing, and selling horses. To
make additional money he
entered rodeos, where he was
best known for bareback and
saddle bronc riding. He was
known for his brightly col-
ored shirts, large and elegant
woolen chaps, and his long
braids that he tied under his
chin.
Steber, who grew up on a
ranch in Klamath County, is
the author of more than 40
books with sales of more than
a million copies. The recipi-
ent of national acclaim for
See STEBER on page 30
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 Veterans Thursdays, noon,
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123.
Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd
Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.
Three Sisters Irrigation District
Board of Directors 1st Tuesday,
4 p.m., TSIDi Offi ce. 541-549-8815.
Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays,
12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse.
Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419.
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.
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 Caregiver Support Group
3rd Tuesday, 10:30 a.m., Ray’s Food
Place community room. 541-771-3258.
East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th
Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’
Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.
Sisters Cribbage Club Tuesdays,
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Ray’s Food Place
community room. 541-923-1632.
Weight Watchers
Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. weigh-in, Sisters
Community Church. 541-602-2654.
Friends of the Sisters Library Board
Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board
of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m., of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Sisters Library.www.sistersfol.com.
Location information: 541-549-1193.
Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers)
1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to
Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. 8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at
Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870.
Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to
4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-719-1230. Sisters Parent Teacher Community
3rd Wednesday, 3 p.m., Sisters
Alzheimer’s & Dementia Caregiver
Military Parents of Sisters Meetings
Elementary C-wing. 971-570-2405.
Support Group 1st Tuesday, 11 a.m.,
are held quarterly; please call for details.
Sisters City Hall. 800-272-3900.
Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.
541-388-9013.
Location information: 541-279-1977.
Black Butte Macintosh Users Group
Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters
3rd Thursday, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Sisters Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.,
Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon,
Library community room. 541-549-1471. Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-408-5594.
Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-760-5645.
SCHOOLS
Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club
Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community
room. Partner required. 541-595-6236.
Sisters City Council 2nd & 4th
Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall.
541-549-6022.
SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings
& Enrichment) Mon.-Fri., 11 a.m. to
4 p.m. at SPRD. 541-549-2091.
Sisters Trails Alliance Board
1st Wednesday, 5 p.m. Sisters Art
Works. Public welcome. 541-719-8822.
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.
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 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.
FIRE & POLICE
Black Butte Ranch Police Dept.
Board of Directors Meets monthly.
541-595-2191 for time & date.
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
Tuesdays, 7 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall,
301 S. Elm St. 541-549-0771.
This listing is for regular
Sisters Country meetings;
email information to
teresa@nuggetnews.com