Wednesday, October 30, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon C O M M U N I T 3 Y Four churches to provide winter shelter " December 1-15 Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. " December 16-January 12 Sisters Community Church, The Hangar. " January 13-February 9 Westside Church (New Hope building). " February 10-29 Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration. This will be the first year the Lutheran Church is hosting the shelter. Westside Church has leased By Sue Stafford Correspondent Sunday, December 1 marks the beginning of the fourth year the Sisters Cold Weather Shelter will open its doors to those members of the community who find themselves without stable housing during the winter months. This year four local churches are sharing their facilities to provide tempo- rary housing each evening during December, January, and February: See SHELTER on page 20 Volunteers honored by Deschutes Land Trust The Deschutes Land Trust presented Central Oregonians with volunteer awards at its annual open house on October 24. Pat Green and David Miller were honored as Volunteers of the Year. This award is given annually to Land Trust volunteers who have provided outstanding service in the last year. Pat Green has been a Land Trust volunteer since 2016. A retired forest ecologist, Pat donates her time for a variety of Land Trust projects includ- ing office work and co-lead- ing the Weed Warriors in the battle against invasive weeds. Weed Warriors would be lost without her, as she has spent countless hours bent down toward the earth, doing the hard work needed to create healthy habitat for our native plants. From pulling mas- sive mullein to detailed plant identification, Pat has been there, crowbar and gloves in hand, to fight this good fight. Pat was presented with one of two 2019 Volunteer of the Year awards. David Miller has been a Land Trust volunteer since 2010. During his decade of See VOLUNTEERS on page 31 PHOTO BY HELEN SCHMIDLING Paul Bennett and Susan Emmons display Bennett’s painting “The Knot Rider.” “The Knot Rider” rides again By Helen Schmidling Correspondent A dozen or so years ago, renowned Sisters artist Paul Alan Bennett applied brush to board and created a whim- sical piece called