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20 Wednesday, May 29, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Students win with screen-free bingo LABYRINTH: Workshop includes guided walk at church By T. Lee Brown Correspondent Screen-Free Week was celebrated school-wide for the first time this year at Sisters Elementary School. The international event encourages kids, schools, and families to eliminate unnec- essary screen time 4 and find hands-on activities to take its place. <There was a lot of enthu- siasm in our building and conversations with students about Screen Free Week,= said principal Joan Warburg. Warburg and her staff printed out bingo cards that made the challenge into a game. In traditional Bingo, a caller picks letters and num- bers at random, like <B-23= or <G-5.= Players cross out those spaces on their cards until they get five in a row. Instead, screen-free bingo features a real-life activity in each space: <Bake some- thing= and <Build a fort,= for example. Players cross off spaces by actually doing each activity. It gets kids excited to try out new things, and encour- ages families to play games and take hikes together. The result can be a lot more fun as a family. <I wish we had a bingo card once a month!= said parent Annie Reed. Reed9s daughter worked hard to black out her whole Bingo card. <She and her sis- ter actually had lots of con- versation and planning about how they were going to com- plete the tasks.= Warburg reported that 50 percent of SES students Continued from page 3 PHOTO BY TL BROWN Educators encouraged kids to get real for a week. Some kids made signs to put over their families’ TV screens during the challenge. turned in their Bingo cards with at least one Bingo fin- ished. All those students earned a free recess. Two classrooms at SES earned over 130 Bingos, meaning that each student completed multiple lines on their Bingo cards. <Our five student winners, one from each grade level, received a gift card to Paulina Springs Books courtesy of SPTC,= she said. Mrs. Holden9s class won first place for the most bin- gos won. They celebrated with an ice pop party, also provided by SPTC. SPTC is the Sisters Parent Teacher Community, a group that supports community awareness and educational enrichment at the elemen- tary school. At a recent meeting, a friendly group of educators and parents dis- cussed Screen-Free Week at Takoda9s. They noted that the first school-wide try at SFW coincided with the NBA BOOK YOUR FREE INTRO SESSION TODAY! Memberships CrossFit starting at Weightlifting $39/month! Cardio • Powerlifting g Barre • Yoga • Pilates Sauna • Strongman Bodybuilding Call 541-699-7800 or email coach@level5fi t.com www.level5fi t.com | Located in Ray’s Shopping Center 24 HR. ACCESS! playoffs 4 and the Portland Trailblazers made it to the playoffs this year. Many adults and kids alike wanted to watch those basketball games. SFW also coincided with a busy time of year at the school, Warburg observed. The schedule may change in the future. <We are already beginning to plan next year9s Screen- Free Week,= she said. More about the interna- tional Screen-Free Week initiative can be found at www.screenfree.org. Information, meeting sched- ules, and volunteer opportu- nities regarding SPTC can be found at www.sistersptc. com. Cave art and pyramid descriptions from antiquity suggest ancient labyrinths. In the Middle Ages, labyrinths spread throughout Europe and beyond. Versions of the Chartres cathedral9s pattern have proliferated around the world 4 including to Sisters. Workshop leader Sara Hopkins introduced local resident Anne Bartlett <to the ancient spiritual practice of walking the labyrinth twenty years ago in Ashland, when I was the rector of Trinity Episcopal Church.= She said, <When my husband and I moved to Sisters last fall and joined the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, I was delighted to discover their labyrinth in its stunning setting.= Bartlett is co-chair of the June 1 workshop event, together with longtime Transfiguration church mem- ber and labyrinth advocate Dick Kellogg. Labyrinths appeal to an inclusive and diverse group of people of all ages, accord- ing to Bartlett. <It is a form of walking meditation that appeals to the 8spiritual but not religious9 folk as well as traditional believers of all faiths,= she said. Jan McGowan helped build the community laby- rinth in a similar spirit. <Our cohort imagined a place where individuals could find quiet and inspiration& where community could gather to share an experience, have fun, solve problems and resolve conflicts,= she told The Nugget. Bartlett said that for cen- turies people have walked labyrinths <to slow down and quiet their minds, to celebrate a turning point or enable major decisions in their lives, or simply because it feels good to be outside and at peace.= Some <spiritual but not religious= folks meet at laby- rinths and spirals for louder celebrations as well. The annual Summer Solstice gath- ering at Sisters Community Labyrinth, for example, wel- comes children, drums, and musical instruments. Saturday9s workshop will include a guided walk of the church labyrinth, and a brief talk about the Sisters Community Labyrinth. <Can9t have too many labyrinths in town!= Bartlett said. She noted that the June 1 workshop is for adults only. Otherwise, all are welcome. The labyrinth workshop takes place Saturday, June 1 from 9:30 a.m. to noon at the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, 68825 Brooks Camp Road in Sisters. Questions may be directed to Anne Bartlett at 541-301-0301. Bottle & Can Drive! Furry Friends Foundation can use your redeemable bottles and cans! Help us raise funds by picking some of our blue bags to oll and return to Ray9s Food Place. It9s easy to do, you just scan the tag on the bag, open the door in the bottle drop and leave the bag. The empty blue bags can be picked up at 204 W. Adams, Ste. 109. You can still drop off bottles & cans (closed plastic bags please) in the blue bins at 442 E. Main Ave. FURRY FRIEND S 501 ( c )( 3 ) 541-797-4023 FOUNDATION Open Tues. & Thurs., 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 204 W. Adams, Ste. 109, Sisters Art Works Bldg. 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