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Wednesday, May 2, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon C O M M U N I T 3 Y Kids will enjoy Sunday ‘Family Day’ at rodeo cold. Now, little kids can still be there for the whole big show,” said Raymond Blevins, Les Schwab of Sisters manager. It’s not just a change of days; there are new activities, to boot. Barrelman and clown JJ Harrison will host a celebra- tion of kids on Sunday at this year’s event. The rodeo will have children’s face-painting sites so the stands will be filled with “little JJs.” Then, JJ will invite the kids into the After 22 years of family celebration on Friday night, Sisters Rodeo has changed that day to Sunday afternoon, Family Day. “We felt that it is easier for families to enjoy the rodeo during the day when the sun isn’t down and the tem- peratures remain warmer,” said Rodeo President Glenn Miller. “It’s a no-brainer.” The sponsor of Family Day, Les Schwab Tires, agrees. “The family can stay for all of rodeo. Sometimes Friday nights just got too See FAMILY DAY on page 38 SFF to host free summer concert series Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) will once again host the Summer Concert Series at Fir Street Park. The three- show series is free to the pub- lic and will be presented on Thursday evenings, July 26, August 2, and August 16; and is sponsored in part by First Interstate Bank. On July 26, Grammy- nominated bluegrass band Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper will perform. Cleveland is one of the pre- mier bluegrass fiddlers of his generation and, with 10 International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Fiddle Player of the Year awards under his belt, he is the most awarded and cel- ebrated fiddler in the history of the genre. Cleveland plays with so much fire, drive and virtuosity that audiences are often left shaking their heads in amazement. Together with his band, Flamekeeper (four- time IBMA Instrumental Band of the Year Award win- ners), Cleveland delivers some of the most powerful, exciting and authentic blue- grass you can find. The Lost Bayou Ramblers See FREE MUSIC on page 31 PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK Heart of Oregon YouthBuild participants raised walls for Sisters Habitat for Humanity. YouthBuild program raises walls A single voice yelled out “youth!” followed by a col- lective “build!” The sequence was repeated as 25 students in their navy blue T-shirts and sweatshirts gathered around the foundation of a new home. This was a day for cel- ebration, and all the hands from the Heart of Oregon Corps YouthBuild team, and Sisters Habitat for Humanity were out at North Desert Rose Loop to raise the walls of the future home of the Ayala family. Silvia Ayala will pur- chase the home from Sisters Habitat when it is complete at the end of this year. Habitat homes are sold at no profit to families, financed with no-interest mortgages. Ayala and her three children, Silvia, Destiny and Jose, will be the 66th family to be housed through Habitat’s homeown- ership program, and their home is the second home to be built by YouthBuild students from the Heart of Oregon Corps. “The core value of YouthBuild is community,” Andy Walker, YouthBuild construction lead, said during the wall-raising ceremony. Heart of Oregon Corps (HOC) provides “work, earn, learn” opportunities for Central Oregon youth of all abilities and ethnici- ties. Founded in 2000, HOC helps young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds earn their way to success. Besides the Habitat home in Sisters, youth from HOC’s YouthBuild program are also building a home in Madras that will be available to lease by agricultural worker house- holds in the local community. These homes are providing opportunities for local youth to learn leadership and apply homebuilding skills that will help them gain future employment opportunities — benefiting the youth, their future households, and the communities that they live in. “Having the Heart of Oregon Corps work in col- laboration with Sisters Habitat has enabled us to build more houses a year, See YOUTHBUILD on page 37 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. Alateen Thursday, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Transfi guration. 541-549-1527. 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 OR Spinners and Weavers Guild 4th Saturday, 1 to 3 p.m. Sisters Library (Jan.-Oct.). 541-639-3217. East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’ Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061. Sisters Area Woodworkers 1st Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m. 541-639-6216. Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846. Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays, 12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse. Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419. Sisters Caregiver Support Group 3rd Tuesday, 10:30 a.m., Ray’s Food Place community room. 541-771-3258. Sisters Cribbage Club Tuesdays, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Ray’s Food Place community room. 541-923-1632. Friends of the Sisters Library Board of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m., Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board Sisters Library.www.sistersfol.com. of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m. Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers) Location information: 541-549-1193. 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to 8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870. 4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-719-1230. Sisters Parent Teacher Community Military Parents of Sisters Meetings 3rd Wednesday, 3 p.m., Sisters are held quarterly; please call for details. Elementary C-wing. 971-570-2405. 541-388-9013. Alzheimer’s & Dementia Caregiver Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday. Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters Support Group 1st Tuesday, 11 a.m., Location information: 541-279-1977. Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m., Sisters City Hall. 800-272-3900. Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon, Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-408-5594. Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-760-5645. Black Butte Macintosh Users Group 3rd Thursday, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Sisters SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings Sisters Trails Alliance Board & Enrichment) Mon.-Fri., 11 a.m. to Library community room. 541-549-1471. 4 p.m. at SPRD. 541-549-2091. 1st Wednesday, 5 p.m. Sisters Art Works. Public welcome. 541-719-8822. Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club Sisters Area Photography Club Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community 2nd Thursday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon, room. Partner required. 541-595-6236. Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123. community room. 541-549-6157. Three Sisters Irrigation District Board of Directors 1st Tuesday, 4 p.m., TSIDi Offi ce. 541-549-8815. Sisters Planning Commission 3rd Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall. 541-549-6022. Three Sisters Lions Club 1st Thursday, noon, Ray’s Food Place community room. 541-419-1279. FIRE & POLICE VFW Post 8138 and American Legion Post 86 1st Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall. 541-903-1123. Black Butte Ranch Police Dept. Board of Directors Meets monthly. 541-595-2191 for time & date. Weight Watchers Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. weigh-in, Sisters Community Church. 541-602-2654. 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. SCHOOLS 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 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. This listing is for regular Sisters Country meetings; email information to teresa@nuggetnews.com
