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Wednesday, February 13, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon 3 C O M M U N I T Y Native bird rescues are subject of next STA talk By Craig F. Eisenbeis Correspondent Elise Wolf, a professional in wild bird rehabilitation, will be the speaker at a pre- sentation sponsored by the Sisters Trails Alliance (STA) Thursday, February 21, in the Sisters Camp Sherman Fire Station Community Hall. Wolf is the director of Native Bird Care of Sisters, an avian rescue center right here in the Sisters area. Her topic will be <Sisters9 Extraordinary Birds: Up Close & Personal.= The talk is the latest in the Bjarne Holm Speakers Series spon- sored by STA. The STA series focuses on local out- door recreation and natural resource issues. Native Bird Care of Sisters was founded by Wolf in 2010 as a nonprofit volun- teer organization that offers specialized care and rehabili- tation for shore, water, and songbirds, with the goal of caring for and helping wild birds in need. Wo l f p r o m i s e s a See BIRD RESCUES on page 28 PHOTO BY JIM CORNELIUS Dave Elliott is heading for the life of a gentleman rancher after decades of work and service in Sisters. Heartwarmers continue Former Sisters mayor looks back to spread love By Sue Stafford Correspondent Last Tuesday at Sisters City Hall, a 10-month-old boy named Kaenon was gifted with a soft fleece blanket with footballs scat- tered across it. Additionally, he received a coordinating brown knitted bear to hug. He was accompanied by his mother, Ashlee, and grand- mother, Laurie, of Sisters. Kaenon has had a rough start to his young life, hav- ing undergone seven surger- ies since his birth. He and his mom came to Sisters to live with his grandparents because of his medical needs. When Kaenon was just two months old, tragedy struck the family when his grandfather was killed while working under his car. So the blanket ladies also presented a blanket to his grandma to provide comfort to her. T h a t 9 s w h a t t h e Heartwarmers volunteers do. Volunteers, now number- ing 154 in groups in Bend, Sisters, and Redmond, gather twice a month to create fleece blankets and scarves, See BLANKETS on page 30 By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief Dave Elliott is leaving Sisters after four decades dur- ing which he did as much as anyone to make the commu- nity what it is today. Elliott served twice as mayor of Sisters 4 the sec- ond time presiding over a period of massive change to the town 4 and as chair of the Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District Board of Directors as the fire department transitioned into the modern era. Now he9s retiring to a 46-acre spread near Spray, Oregon, that he purchased with his son, Mitch, where he figures he9ll probably <work harder than ever.= Elliott hit Sisters in the fall of 1978. He9d done an eight-year stint in the U.S. Navy and was working on the maintenance crew at Camp David, Maryland when fam- ily connections led Sisters developer Greg Podorein to invite him out west to build houses with him. That9s what Elliott did until one of Sisters9 periodic crashes put the housing market into deep freeze. He worked at Hoyt9s Hardware & Building Supply for several years, then he and his wife Janet bought Ali9s Deli, which they operated for a dozen years or more. Elliott also managed an RV park and what is now Sisters Inn, and in recent years has served as customer service manager at Bi-Mart. His last day there will be February 14. Throughout his working life in Sisters, Elliott made time for public service. He served as mayor briefly in the 1980s, then was appointed to the Sisters City Council at the end of 1998. He would be named mayor in 2003 and See ELLIOTT on page 18 SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS Council on Aging of Central Oregon Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters Community Church. 541-480-1843. Al-Anon Mon., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Wed., 6 p.m., East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th Episcopal Church of the Transfi guration. Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’ 541-549-8737 or 541-549-1527. Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061. Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs. & Friends of the Sisters Library Board Sun., 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m., Transfi guration / Sat., 8 a.m., Episcopal Sisters Library.www.sistersfol.com. Church of the Transfi guration / Mon., 5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Go Fish Fishing Group 3rd Monday, Church / Big Book study, Tues., noon, 7 p.m. Sisters Community Church. All Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / ages welcome. 541-771-2211. Gentlemen’s meeting, Wed., 7 a.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers) Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs., 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fri., Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran 4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-719-1230. Church. 541-548-0440. Military Parents of Sisters Meetings Alzheimer’s & Dementia Caregiver are held quarterly; please call for details. Support Group 1st Tuesday, noon, 541-388-9013. Sisters City Hall. 800-272-3900. Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m., Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-549-6469. room. Partner required. 541-595-6236. SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild & Enrichment) Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. For Saturday meeting dates and to 4 p.m. at Sisters Park & Recreation location, email: steelefl y@msn.com. District. 541-549-2091. Central OR Spinners and Weavers Guild One Saturday per month, Jan. thru Oct. For schedule: 541-639-3217. Sisters Area Photography Club 2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library community room. 541-549-6157. Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon, Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-760-5645. Sisters Area Woodworkers 1st Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m. 541-639-6216. Sisters Trails Alliance Board 1st Wednesday, 5 p.m. Sisters Art Works. Public welcome. 541-719-8822. Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846. Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon, Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123. Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays, 12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse. Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419. Three Sisters Irrigation District Board of Directors 1st Tuesday, 4 p.m., TSID Offi ce. 541-549-8815. Sisters Caregiver Support Group 3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. 541-771-3258. Three Sisters Lions Club 1st Thursday, noon, Ray’s Food Place community room. 541-419-1279. Sisters Cribbage Club Wednesdays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Ray’s Food Place community room. 541-923-1632. VFW Post 8138 and American Legion Post 86 1st Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall. 541-903-1123. Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m. Location information: 541-549-1193. Weight Watchers Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. weigh-in, Sisters Community Church. 541-602-2654. Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to 8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870. Sisters Parent Teacher Community 2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Sisters Saloon. 541-480-5994. 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 Parkinson’s Support Group 2nd Tuesday, 1 p.m., Sisters Community Church. 907-687-8101 or 541-668-6599. Sisters School District Board of Directors One Wed. monthly, SSD Sisters Family Aglow Lighthouse Admin Bldg. See schedule online at 4th Saturday, 10 a.m., Ponderosa Lodge Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday. www.ssd6.org. 541-549-8521 x5002. Location information: 541-279-1977. Meeting Room. 503-930-6158. 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 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m., SPRD bldg. 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 lisa@nuggetnews.com