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30 Wednesday, February 13, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Future Outlaws basketball players get a taste of victory By Rongi Yost Correspondent Last Wednesday, February 6, was a special night for young Future Lady Outlaws, as girls ages kindergarten through eighth grade were invited to sit behind the bench, and attend the half- time locker room chat dur- ing the Sisters High School girls basketball game against Woodburn. It was all the more special because the aspiring Outlaws players got to celebrate a victory in the locker room at the end of the game. (See <Lady Outlaws post big bas- ketball win over Woodburn,= page 4.) Of the experience for the young players, Coach Brittaney Niebergall-Brown said: <As we continue to build our program from the youngest players all the way up to our varsity play- ers, we wanted to let them know that they really are a part of, and will be a part of, what we are trying to accomplish here in Sisters with our girls basketball program. < T h e F u t u r e L a d y Outlaws were excited to join our pre-game tunnel, hear the half-time talk, and cheer in the locker room after we won the game. To us coaches, this is one of our favorite nights as a program because of the excitement of our youth players and their families.= BLANKETS: Program helps those facing hard times Continued from page 3 and knitted and crocheted hats and ear warmers, for premature babies, cancer patients undergoing chemo- therapy, and homeless youth and adults. Lap robes and walker caddies go to seniors and hospice patients, and infant blankets that are edged with crocheting from donated yarn warm the smallest recipients. <Heart-tugger= dog toys and soft blocks for toddlers, as well as any number of spe- cialty items, are created from the scraps left from making the blankets. <Not one scrap of fleece goes to waste,= they like to say. What began with one warm-hearted woman of faith, Mary Tomjack of Bend and formerly of Sisters, mak- ing a few fleece cut-and-tie blankets as samples, has grown in five years time into a flourishing 501(c) (3) nonprofit. They were recently awarded a $30,000 grant by the Maybelle Clark Macdonald Foundation to cover the cost of all their fleece for the next two years. <We donate our gifts to 35 local nonprofits that work with children and adults in transition,= Tomjack remarked. At the end of 2018, Heartwarmers had donated 4,425 blankets, 2,000 bears, and a cumulative gift-giving of 12,000 assorted gifts. W h e n H e a r t w a r m e r s heard about the efforts to support Jenny Cashwell9s two daughters following the death of their mother, they immediately knew they needed to make special blankets for the girls. They will be given to the Fullhart Insurance office in Sisters where Jenny worked to be passed onto the girls. Tomjack recently worked with a local Girl Scout troop to make 23 blankets, includ- ing the one given to Kaenon. The blankets are made by joining two equal-sized pieces of fleece and tying the fringe around the edges of each piece together. There is no sewing involved and the blankets can be completed in one two-hour session. Sisters Heartwarmers workshops are held the first and third Tuesdays of each month from 1-2:30 p.m. at Sisters City Hall. There are teddy-bear-making sessions twice a month in Sisters at Suttle Tea. The bears play- fully coordinate with the blankets, all by coincidence. For the month of February, Heartwarmers will be the recipient of the proceeds from Dining for a Cause sponsored by Cork Cellars. For those who feel the tug to join Heartwarmers or Ten-month Kaenon and his mother Ashlee received a soft blanket from Heartwarmers last week. make a donation, they can be reached at 541-408-8505 or hwb.Heartwarmers@ gmail.com. Tomjack can be reached at 503-880- 5832. Visit their website at www.Heartwarmersco.org, which will also link with SPACIOUS .81-ACRE LOT IN CAMP SHERMAN WAITING FOR YOUR DREAM HOME! — Serving all of Central Oregon — Sandy Goodsell Principal Broker Jonathan Hicks Broker 541-480-0183 865-335-6104 LICENSED BROKERS IN THE STATE OF OREGON www.goodsellandhicks.com 69287 Crooked Horseshoe Rd. Is 2019 the time to make your dreams a reality? Metolius Meadows amenities: Swimming pool, tennis court, and close to the Metolius River. $295,000. mls#201707948 Winfield Durham, Broker 541-420-9801 LICENSED BROKER IN THE STATE OF OREGON 330 W. 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