Wednesday, October 30, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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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 <The Knot
Rider.=
Bennett told The Nugget
the story of how the idea for
the painting came to him.
<I knew this man who
loved to tie knots. He always
carried six feet of rope in
his pocket, so that he could
demonstrate his knot-tying
knowledge to all of his
friends.
<One day, he emailed me
a picture of one of his knots.
The knot reminded me of my
knit style in the way that the
rope was made, and the shape
of the knot reminded me of a
horse. As this was around the
time of the Sisters Rodeo, I
thought it would be kind of
funny to do a variation on a
bull rider, but this would be,
instead, 8The Knot Rider,9=
Bennett said.
The painting is a giant
knot, perhaps a bowline,
bucking like a bull, with a
man in a suit and a fedora.
The man is hanging on to one
end of the rope; in fact, he9s
at the end of his rope. The
whole bucking rope casts
a shadow on the ground.
The Three Sisters are in the
background.
The rope, the ground, and
the rope9s shadow feature
Bennett9s traditional knit
See THE KNOT RIDER 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,
Sisters Caregiver Support Group
7 p.m. Sisters Community Church. All
3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., The Lodge in
ages welcome. 541-771-2211.
Sisters. 541-771-3258.
Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers)
Sisters Cribbage Club Wednesdays,
1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Ray’s Food Place
Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. community room. 541-923-1632.
Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board
4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-719-1230. of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Location information: 541-549-1193.
Military Parents of Sisters Meetings
are held quarterly; please call for details. Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to
8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at
541-388-9013.
Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870.
Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters
Sisters Parent Teacher Community
Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.,
2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Sisters
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-549-6469.
Saloon. 541-480-5994.
SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings
Sisters Parkinson’s Support Group
& Enrichment) Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. 2nd Tuesday, 2 p.m., The Lodge.
to 4 p.m. at Sisters Park & Recreation
541-668-6599.
District. 541-549-2091.
Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.
Location information: 541-279-1977.
Sisters Aglow Lighthouse
4th Saturday, 10 a.m., Ponderosa Lodge Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon,
Meeting Room. 503-930-6158.
Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-760-5645.
Sisters Area Photography Club
Sisters Speak Life Cancer Support
2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library Group 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 1 p.m.
Suttle Tea. 503-819-1723.
community room. 541-549-6157.
Sisters Trails Alliance Board 1st
Wednesday, 5 p.m. Sisters Library.
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 2nd & 4th 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