Wednesday, May 29, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Maiden earns Ford
Family scholarship
Grace Elizabeth Maiden
was selected from 2,563 eli-
gible applicants to receive
the Ford Family Foundation
Scholarship.
The renewable scholarship
covers 90 percent of each stu-
dent9s unmet financial need
for each academic year. The
Ford Family Foundation
selected 114 students from
Oregon and 11 students from
Siskiyou County, California,
as new Ford Scholars.
Eligibility criteria include
financial need and merit
qualifications.
Maiden was recognized
for the number of hours she
volunteered in the commu-
nity and her servant heart,
while being very involved
with the Sisters High School
art program and maintaining
a 4.0 GPA.
Scholars must attend an
accredited, nonprofit college
in their home state and be
pursuing a bachelor9s degree
full-time.
Grace plans on study-
ing humanities at Corban
University in the fall. She
hopes to become an executive
See SCHOLARSHIP on page 24
PHOTO BY BILL BARTLETT
Contemplative walkers wend their way through the labyrinth at the Episcopalian Church of the Transfiguration.
Labyrinth walking workshop on tap
By T. Lee Brown
Volunteer loves Sisters
Rodeo ‘family’
The Sisters Rodeo family
has had to face down some
adversity this spring. Long-
time President Glenn Miller
is recovering from a medical
crisis, and Mother Nature has
bucked hard and kept work
crews out of the saddle.
<This year was just hid-
eous with the snow, so we
didn9t even start till this
month,= Knox said. <We
paint everything. We paint
the bleachers, we paint beer
houses, and we paint the
chutes where the livestock
goes back in. They really take
By Jim Cornelius
Editor in Chief
One of the many remark-
able aspects of Sisters Rodeo
is that it is entirely volunteer-
produced. For the past dozen
years, one of those dedicated
volunteers has been Bonnie
Knox.
Her tasks are visible ones
4 she9s part of the paint-
ing crew that spruces up the
arena every season before
Rodeo. At the event itself, she
serves as an usher.
<I love it,= she told The
Nugget. <It9s like a big
family.=
See KNOX on page 16
Correspondent
What are labyrinths and
how can they help us?
Our town has two pub-
lic labyrinths, but locals and
visitors alike aren9t always
sure how to approach them.
This Saturday, a certified lab-
yrinth facilitator will present
a workshop to show Sisters
Country how it9s done.
Sara Hopkins will pres-
ent a free Introduction to
Labyrinth Walking at Sisters
Episcopal Church of the
Transfiguration on June 1.
Hopkins has led over 100
walks for students, adults,
and senior groups. Her own
first labyrinth walk was in
1991 at Grace Cathedral
in San Francisco. Hopkins
has also walked the famed
labyrinth at the cathedral at
Chartres, in France.
For some, the word might
evoke the high hedges of the
frightening maze in the movie
<The Shining.= Others might
picture a series of under-
ground tunnels designed to
stave off unwelcome visitors,
as in some video games.
Yet the <unicursal= style of
labyrinth, the sort that people
walk for contemplation and
celebration, isn9t designed
to get people lost. Instead, it
draws walkers to the laby-
rinth9s center4and then back
out via a different path. There
are no dead ends, branching
passages, or fake-outs.
The two outdoor laby-
rinths in Sisters are formed on
the ground, with no claustro-
phobic horror-movie walls.
The one at the Episcopal
church is flat, making for
easy navigation.
At Sisters Community
Labyrinth, located in East
Portal Park, the Chartres
pattern is rendered on the
ground with local stones and
short shrubs acting as divid-
ers. Both labyrinths contain a
large rock at their centers.
Labyrinths appear in many
cultures, historically and in
contemporary forms. Many
people are familiar with the
Minotaur in Greek mythol-
ogy. Part bull and part man,
he lived at the center of the
Labyrinth, a complex maze
designed by Daedalus and his
son Icarus for King Minos of
Crete.
Various stories pertain-
ing to this myth formed the
basis for many works of art,
including vases, paintings,
and sculpture, for hundreds of
years. Yet labyrinth designs
proliferated in other contexts,
too.
See LABYRINTH on page 20
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, 2 p.m., The Lodge.
Sisters Family Aglow Lighthouse
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
CITY & PARKS
Wednesday, 5 p.m. The Pines Clubhouse.
Public welcome. 541-719-8822.
Sisters City Council 2nd & 4th
Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall.
Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon,
541-549-6022.
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123.
Sisters Park & Recreation District
Three Sisters Irrigation District
Board of Directors 1st & 3rd Tuesdays,
Board of Directors 1st Tuesday,
5:30 p.m., SPRD bldg. 541-549-2091.
4 p.m., TSID Offi ce. 541-549-8815.
Sisters Planning Commission
Three Sisters Lions Club 1st
3rd Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Sisters
Thursday, noon, Ray’s Food Place
City Hall. 541-549-6022.
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.
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