Wednesday, April 18, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Making Sisters
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By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
The Senior Alliance
of Sisters is convening
a facilitated Community
Conversation, including a free
light supper, on April 25 at the
Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural
Fire District Community Hall
at 301 S. Elm St.
The community will have
an opportunity to learn about
and weigh in on issues around
the effort to make Sisters
an age-friendly community
(AFC). The dinner, spon-
sored by Ray’s Food Place
and Sisters Coffee Co., will
be served from 4:30 to 5:30
p.m., followed by group dis-
cussions beginning at 6 p.m.
Planning for the April 25
event began in early January
2018 with the establishment
of work groups to conduct
research and collect informa-
tion on the three key elements
of an AFC — built environ-
ment, service environment,
and social environment.
The information collected
by the work groups will be
shared at the Community
See AGE FRIENDLY on page 22
Stove engineering
improves health
More than half the world’s
population — three billion
people — cook their meals
over open fires on makeshift
stoves that smolder all day.
The result? Debilitating lung
diseases, disfiguring and dis-
abling burns, time and energy
lost to the constant demands
of wood-gathering, and a bil-
lion tons of greenhouse gases
released into the Earth’s
atmosphere every year.
StoveTeam International
is tackling this complicated
issue with a straightforward
strategy: Replace open fires
with efficient, safe, and
affordable cooking stoves.
On Tuesday, April 24,
Nancy Hughes will describe
how engineering, technol-
ogy, innovation, and compas-
sion have combined to build
and deliver nearly 70,000
stoves in Mexico and Central
America, improving the lives
of more than half a million
people.
Hughes, who founded
StoveTeam International just
a decade ago, will speak at
The Belfry as part of the
Frontiers in Science lec-
ture series sponsored by the
Sisters Science Club. The
See SCIENCE TALK on page 22
PHOTO PROVIDED
Students to show Taekwondo skills
Sherri Hermens could
barely contain her glee. Her
students have been invited
to attend the Northwest
Taekwondo Championships
at Mt. Hood Community
College on April 28. For
Hermens, who is a parapro-
fessional in the life skills pro-
gram at Sisters High School,
this trip is the culmination
of three years of committed
effort to get her students to
the point where they are ready
to show-off their “chops” in
front of other high school tae-
kwondo practitioners from all
over the Northwest.
“These kids have worked
so hard to get to this point
in their development,” said
Hermens. “I couldn’t be more
proud of them.”
Sherri credits Master
Daniel Graff, chief instruc-
tor at High Desert Martial
Arts in Bend, with the pro-
gram’s success: “For the
past two years, Master Graff
has inspired us — students,
instructors and volunteers —
to raise our game.”
Sisters Park & Recreation
District (SPRD) has hosted
the weekly classes led by
Master Graff and Sherri at no
charge. According to SPRD
Board Chair Bob Keefer,
“This is exactly the kind of
community partnership, with
dedicated volunteers and a
worthy cause, that SPRD is
more than happy to support.”
While the 10 life skills
students and their five
peer mentors will not spar
against opponents at this
event, they will show off an
array of taekwondo skills
including poomse (stances,
blocks, punches and kicks
logically arranged) and
See TAEKWONDO 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 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
