Wednesday, June 27, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Sisters GRO seeks
grant for tech upgrade
Sisters GRO is trying to
secure a $6,000 matching
grant to improve the GRO
technology systems.
Sisters Graduate Resource
Organization (GRO) was
established 10 years ago.
In that time, it has grown in
both the number of scholar-
ships it awards each year and
the amount of the scholar-
ships. To launch into the next
10 years, Sisters GRO would
like to develop a more robust
website and database to keep
up with changing technology
and to make the scholarship
process less manual. Grant
funds will fund a redesign of
Sisters GRO’s website with
added cyber security; design
and installation of a database
system to record and moni-
tor donor and student data
relative to donations and
scholarship awards – also
with an added data security
systems.
The technology enhance-
ment is expected to immedi-
ately enable the GRO orga-
nization to become more
digitally effective, efficient
and safe leading to the pro-
vision of more scholarships
for the roughly 100+ SHS
senior graduates. To make
a donation to help Sisters
GRO make the technology
upgrade and for Sisters GRO
to receive the matching grant
that has been established,
contact Sisters GRO at Info@
SistersGRO.org.
PHOTO BY SUE STAFFORD
Joe O’Neill and Wanda Braughton work the grill at the annual City of Sisters barbecue.
City hosts parking lot barbecue
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
Sisters will ‘rally on the
runway’ for 4th of July
The Sisters Airport will
host its sixth annual Fourth
of July community celebra-
tion, featuring an airplane fly-
in, classic car show, pancake
breakfast, 5K run, and drag
races down the runway. The
theme for this year is Rally
on the Runway.
Festivities will begin at 7
a.m. with the buzz of planes
arriving from all over the
Northwest for the fly-in, and
the rumble of classic cars
for the hotrod show. Sisters
Rotary will be flipping pan-
cakes and sausages. “Old
Glory” will arrive by air in a
spectacular flag jump presen-
tation by Skydive Awesome
at 7:30 a.m. The 5K walk/run
will start at 8 a.m. with the
Sisters-tradition race between
a plane and a street dragster.
Runners can pre-register
online at www.SistersAirport.
com.
The premier Sisters Fly-in
See 4TH OF JULY on page 24
The Second Annual
Sisters Barbecue sponsored
by the City of Sisters on June
19 at City Hall was a rousing
success, with an estimated
350 attendees.
Clouds over the sun pro-
vided a perfect temperature
for those gathered around
tables under red awnings in
the parking lot and scattered
on the lawn and under the
trees, enjoying hamburgers,
hotdogs, salads, chips, and
cookies. Guitar music and
songs by local Scott Brown
provided entertainment as
residents and a few visitors
enjoyed socializing and meet-
ing new people.
City Manager Brant
Kucera, Mayor Chuck Ryan,
and Deschutes County
Commissioner Tony DeBone
each spoke briefly, encourag-
ing residents to participate in
the Sisters Country Horizons
vision project.
“Cities are a place of
ideas, hope, diversity, and
progress,” said Kucera. “The
vision process will provide a
guide for what the city will
become.”
Ryan focused on the
many important issues cur-
rently facing Sisters: afford-
able housing, marijuana dis-
pensaries, and a new noise
ordinance.
“All of these, and the TSP
(transportation safety plan)
are going to affect the city
going forward,” Ryan pointed
out. “The visioning project is
a time for public input. We
want to hear your opinion.”
Ryan went on to encour-
age residents to get involved
in the city by volunteering
for committees and local
nonprofits.
Steven Ames and
Ruth Williamson of NXT
Consulting invited people to
participate in the Horizons
vision project by attending
meetings and taking the new
survey coming out in July.
Williamson encouraged peo-
ple to “navigate change with
your heart open.”
K e r r y P r o s s e r, C i t y
recorder, and the rest of the
City staff, organized the
event, handling all the details
from setup, to purchasing and
cooking the food, to the final
cleanup.
SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR
BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS
Al-Anon Mon., noon, Shepherd of the
Hills Lutheran Church / Wed., 6 p.m.,
Episcopal Church of the Transfi guration.
541-549-8737 or 541-549-1527.
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.
Alzheimer’s & Dementia Caregiver
Support Group 1st Tuesday, 11 a.m.,
Sisters City Hall. 800-272-3900.
Black Butte Macintosh Users Group
3rd Thursday, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Sisters
Library community room. 541-549-1471.
Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club
Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community
room. Partner required. 541-595-6236.
Central Oregon Council on Aging
Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters
Community Church. 541-678-5483.
Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild
4th Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For
location information: 541-549-2072.
Central OR Spinners and Weavers
Guild One Saturday per month, Jan.
thru Oct. For schedule: 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 Rotary Tuesdays, noon,
Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-760-5645.
Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd
Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.
Sisters Trails Alliance Board
1st Wednesday, 5 p.m. Sisters Art
Works. Public welcome. 541-719-8822.
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
Friends of the Sisters Library Board
of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m., Place community room. 541-771-3258.
Sisters Library.www.sistersfol.com.
Sisters Cribbage Club Tuesdays,
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Ray’s Food Place
Go Fish Fishing Group 1st Monday,
community room. 541-923-1632.
7 p.m. Sisters Community Church. All
ages welcome. 541-771-2211.
Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board
of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers)
1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City Location information: 541-549-1193.
Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505.
Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to
Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to 8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at
4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-719-1230. Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870.
Military Parents of Sisters Meetings
Sisters Meditation Group Sundays,
are held quarterly; please call for details. 6 p.m., 484 W. Washington Ave. #A.
541-388-9013.
Text only (no voice) to 541-207-7266.
Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters
Sisters Parent Teacher Community
Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.,
3rd Wednesday, 3 p.m., Sisters
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-408-5594.
Elementary C-wing. 971-570-2405.
SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings
Sisters Parkinson’s Disease Support
& Enrichment) Mon.-Fri., 11 a.m. to
Group 2nd Tuesday, 1 p.m., Suttle Tea.
4 p.m. at SPRD. 541-549-2091.
907-687-8101 or 541-668-6599.
Sisters Area Photography Club
Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.
2nd Thursday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library
community room. 541-549-6157.
Location information: 541-279-1977.
Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon,
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123.
Three Sisters Irrigation District
Board of Directors 1st Tuesday,
4 p.m., TSID 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.
Weight Watchers
Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. weigh-in, Sisters
Community Church. 541-602-2654.
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 offi ce. 541-549-4133.
Sisters School District Board of
Directors One Wed. monthly, 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.
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 Wed., 7 p.m., 67433 Cloverdale Rd.
541-548-4815. 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