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Wednesday, May 1, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon C O M M U N I T 3 Y Pine Meadow Ranch hosts Creative Round-Up Pine Meadow Ranch will present Creative Round-Up at Fika Sisters Coffeehouse, featuring two current art- ists in residence on Tuesday, May 14 at 3 p.m. Fika Sisters Coffeehouse is located at 201 E. Sun Ranch Dr. on the edge of the Sisters Industrial Park. Artists Bean Gilsdorf and Diane Jacobs will present cur- rent works in progress, talk about their creative practices and answer questions about their work and residency experience at Pine Meadow Ranch. <We are excited to share with the community for the first time the diversity and depth of practice that the artists possess who are in residence at Pine Meadow Ranch,= said founder Kathy Deggendorfer. Bean Gilsdorf is a writer and visual artist based in Portland. She is currently working on an essay about a falconry seminar she com- pleted last year, and the disci- pline9s connection to vision, ecology, behavior, and his- toric preservation. Diane Jacobs is a visual artist, also from Portland, who PHOTO BY JIM ANDERSON Samra Spear and Joelle Asson drying their batik fabrics as part of a recent IEE excursion to Whychus Creek. See CREATIVE on page 31 The art and science of watersheds Neuroscience asks: Is your mind your own? From the second of your birth to this very moment, your brain has been rewir- ing its connections, based on what you see and hear, smell, taste and touch. Human brains are basically the same in their general orga- nization and distribution of their 100 billion nerve cells. But at the microscopic level 3 varying on the strength of 1,000 trillion individual con- nections prompted by sensory input 3 each of us is unique. And thus, says Dr. Bob Collins, each brain builds a <mind= as individual as it is subjective. In the last two decades, neuroscientists have actually found where and how the brain uses consciousness to create the mind you call your own. Dr. Collins will speak at The Belfry on Tuesday, May 7, for the final lecture in the 2018-19 Frontiers in Science series, sponsored by the Sisters Science Club. <The details are disturb- ing,= Dr. Collins says. <By the end of this lecture, you will be in a state of agitated denial See SCIENCE on page 39 By Jim Anderson Correspondent The students of Sisters are on a quest to learn more about our local waters with the help of Kolleen Miller, education director of the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council, and her fellow educators. Water development proj- ects are the backbone of agri- culture in Sisters Country, and it9s vital that students under- stand the mechanics and biol- ogy of water in our lives. Within the high school9s tool box of learning there is a host of educational resources that every one of the students has access to. Last Monday, one of those educational tool boxes popped open again: The Interdisciplinary Environmental Expedition (I.E.E.), led by science teacher Samra Spear. It9s a course composed of a group of community learners work- ing together to provide stu- dents with a balanced, in- depth understanding of the world around them. Spear and her Outlaw IEE students climbed on their bikes and rode off to the banks of Whychus Creek on the Pine Meadow Ranch property, where they were met by a team of education volunteers. Kolleen Miller and her team have been working with the Sisters Outlaws IEE program for several years, opening the doors to natural resource conservation and learning together to make it a project that not only meets educational goals but also provides artful windows in the future for the students. She has been working with the foundation and high school students of the area since 1996, and she has seen the goals of her job come to life: <I have been working with students along rivers and streams for 17 years. My belief in the importance of connecting kids to nature is just as strong today as it was on the very first day I walked along a stream with 6-year- olds up in Alaska. Whether six or 16, all students benefit from spending time in nature. See WHYCHUS on page 30 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. 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, noon, Sisters City Hall. 800-272-3900. Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community room. Partner required. 541-595-6236. Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild For Saturday meeting dates and location, email: steelefl y@msn.com. Central OR Spinners and Weavers Guild One Saturday per month, Jan. thru Oct. For schedule: 541-639-3217. Council on Aging of Central Oregon Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters Community Church. 541-480-1843. 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 Astronomy Club 3rd Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846. Friends of the Sisters Library Board of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m., Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays, Sisters Library.www.sistersfol.com. 12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse. Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419. Go Fish Fishing Group 3rd Monday, 7 p.m. Sisters Community Church. All Sisters Caregiver Support Group ages welcome. 541-771-2211. 3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. 541-771-3258. Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers) 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. Sisters Cribbage Club Wednesdays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Ray’s Food Place Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to community room. 541-923-1632. 4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-719-1230. Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board Military Parents of Sisters Meetings of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m. are held quarterly; please call for details. Location information: 541-549-1193. 541-388-9013. Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters 8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m., Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870. Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-549-6469. Sisters Parent Teacher Community SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings 2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Sisters & Enrichment) Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. Saloon. 541-480-5994. to 4 p.m. at Sisters Park & Recreation Sisters Parkinson’s Support Group District. 541-549-2091. 2nd Tuesday, 1 p.m., Sisters Community Sisters Family Aglow Lighthouse Church. 907-687-8101 or 541-668-6599. 4th Saturday, 10 a.m., Ponderosa Lodge Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday. Meeting Room. 503-930-6158. Location information: 541-279-1977. Sisters Area Photography Club 2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon, Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-760-5645. community room. 541-549-6157. Sisters Trails Alliance Board 1st Wednesday, 5 p.m. Sisters Art Works. Public welcome. 541-719-8822. 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. Sisters Middle School Parent Collaboration Team 1st Tuesday, 2 p.m., SMS. 541-610-9513. 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