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Wednesday, March 20, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon C O M M U N I T 3 Y Final ‘Open Studios’ finishes Caldera season Caldera, she can work all day. <After breakfast in my cabin, I set out for Campbell Studio where I work 8til sun- set, stopping for lunch and dancing breaks,= she told The Nugget. <It9s hard to describe the quiet and soft that is Caldera,= Martinez said. <The remote location, isolation, artist com- munity and full autonomy is my ideal balance for delv- ing into and catalyzing new work.= She describes herself By T. Lee Brown Correspondent March artist residencies at Caldera were hampered by late-season snowfall. Still, seven artists made it to Central Oregon for their residencies. Working in film, literature, photography, and other media, they will share artwork, readings, and conversation during Open Studios this Saturday. Back home in Oakland, California, Alex Martinez fits her studio practice around her teaching schedule. At See CALDERA on page 10 Melting snow delivers lawn, health headaches Minnesota-based allergy and asthma clinician said it9s pos- sible to develop allergies even if you9ve never had them before. Snow mold causes typi- cal respiratory symptoms like sniffing, sneezing, throat-clearing, and runny nose, according to Lilly Byrtus of the Allergy Asthma Information Association. <Some people will get itchy, watery eyes or ears, or a sore throat. Then it goes into the lower respiratory sys- tem and causes wheezing or By T. Lee Brown Correspondent As long-term snow melts, an intricate web creeps across Sisters and our surrounding forest. It looks like filaments of cobweb or tufts of dog hair, etched across lawns, leaves, and pine needles. For some, it9s a lawn maintenance nuisance. For others, it9s a source of misery: snow mold. <Often times people will think, 8I get a cold every spring.9 It is actually more their allergies,= Dr. Stephanie Fox told CBS News. The See SNOW MOLD on page 6 PHOTO PROVIDED Oregon’s Poet Laureate Kim Stafford will visit Sisters for a free event focusing on history and art on April 8. Poet Laureate to visit Sisters By Sue Stafford Correspondent Oregon9s Poet Laureate will visit Sisters next month. <Confluence,= an evening with Kim Stafford, Oregon9s ninth Poet Laureate, will take place Tuesday, April 9, 7 p.m., at FivePine Conference Center. Stafford, founding direc- tor of the Northwest Writing Institute at Lewis and Clark College, has been teaching writing since 1979. Governor Kate Brown named him Poet Laureate in May 2018 for a two-year term. He travels the state to meet with students, teachers, writers and readers to help with academic lit- eracy through language, and emotional literacy through poetry. By sharing the power of poetry, he helps commu- nities become more curious about their own stories. Three Sisters Historical S o c i e t y, S i s t e r s A r t s Association, and the Friends of William Stafford are col- laborating to present the eve- ning, which gave rise to the evening9s title 4 the melding of art and history. Stafford will artfully merge a lifetime of history, art, poetry, stories, and music from his own per- sonal archive in a confluence of <Sisters Memories.= Happy days were spent at the family cabin on the edge of Indian Ford Meadow, and memories of those years will lace the evening with a weave of creative reflection, bring- ing to life those memories. Stafford9s sister, Kit, lives in Sisters and taught art in the Sisters School District. Kit and Kim9s father, William, also taught at Lewis and Clark College and also served as Oregon9s Poet Laureate. Kit recalls trips in the family station wagon searching for arrowheads around Central Oregon. Her dad was expert at finding them when no one else could. Stafford is the author of a dozen books of poetry and prose, including <The Muses Among Us: Eloquent Listening and Other Pleasures of the Writer9s Craft= and <A Thousand Friends of Rain: New and Selected Poems.= His most recent books are See POET on page 4 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