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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