Wednesday, May 15, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Rides take cyclists out on the gravel
Cyclists in Sisters are get-
ting off the pavement and onto
the gravel as part of a growing
national trend. Gravel-riding
4 aka gravel-grinding or
adventure-riding 4 is the fast-
est-growing aspect of the sport
and Sisters is uniquely poised
to take advantage of that.
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Sisters businesses stepped up in a big way for Women Build week for
Habitat for Humanity.
Women Build for
Sisters Habitat
Last week more than 50
local women, including teams
from Washington Federal
Bank and Heart of Oregon
Corps YouthBuild, worked on
four homes in Sisters Habitat9s
Village Meadows neighbor-
hood as part of Sisters Habitat
for Humanity9s Women Build
Week.
<Sisters Habitat has hosted
a Women Build for eight
years, and this is the first year
that we have sought local
sponsorship to help fund the
event, as Lowe9s discontin-
ued its sponsorship of events
in small towns,= Habitat9s
Family Services Manager
Marie Clasen said. <We had
such a great response from
businesses supporting our
event.=
The sponsors made it pos-
sible to purchase T-shirts and
building supplies. Sponsors
were Washington Federal
Bank, Zosel-Harper Realtors,
Sisters Ace Hardware, Hoyt9s
Hardware, Gmars Consulting,
Metabolic Maintenance,
Sisters Saloon and Premier
Mortgage Resources.
Each day, 10 women and
two leads worked at differ-
ent homes painting, land-
scaping, building heat pump
enclosures and deconstruct-
ing foundation forms. Habitat
families worked alongside the
teams during the week.
<This is always a great
week for local women from
our community to come
together with purpose; help-
ing families achieve stability
and independence through
safe, decent and afford-
able housing. There9s a lot
of laughter and camarade-
rie throughout each day as
new friends work together
addressing our local housing
challenge in a concrete way,=
volunteer and Women Build
team lead Toni Landis said.
Women can help build
year-round at the job site.
Anyone interested in volun-
teering can call the office to
sign up for a volunteer orien-
tation. The next orientation is
scheduled for June 5 at noon
at the Habitat offices at 141
W. Main Ave. More informa-
tion is available by calling
541-549-1193. Sisters Habitat
for Humanity is dedicated
to eliminating substandard
housing locally and world-
wide through constructing,
rehabilitating and preserv-
ing homes; by advocating for
fair and just housing policies;
and by providing training and
access to resources to help
families improve their shelter
conditions.
CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS
How to take diffi cult conversations
and make them productive
Presented by Kelly Fried
Licensed Family Therapist
SATURDAY, MAY 18 • 9 AM - 3 PM
At Sisters Community Church
1300 W. McKenzie Hwy., Sisters
$15 per person includes working lunch
For reservations or questions
CALL 541-549-1201
Brad Boyd of Eurosports
reported that, as he has a new
gravel bike, the shop9s free
public rides on Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Saturdays
will be mixed-surface;
some road, some gravel and
dirt roads, and a little easy
single-track.
Cyclists are invited to bring
a gravel or mountain bike and
meet at Eurosports on the cor-
ner of Hood Avenue and North
Fir Street at 10 a.m. ride days.
Rides will be in the 2-
to 2.5-hour range to start.
For more information call
541-549-2471.