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Wednesday, November 27, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
SHELTER: Four churches
will share shelter
accommodation
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Charles in the presentation of
the check to shelter committee
members.
St. Charles provides simi-
lar support to shelters in La
Pine, Madras, and Redmond,
providing a total of $30,000
this year. Richards indicated
that if and when shelter space
is found in Bend (the Bend
shelter announced last week
space had been secured at the
DCSO), they will provide sup-
port to them as well.
<Your cold weather shel-
ter does a huge service to the
community,= said Richards.
Right outside the Sisters
office of St. Charles Family
Care is a pad of heated con-
crete where occasionally
unhoused individuals seek
shelter from the cold, lying on
a piece of cardboard. Someone
happened to still be there the
morning the St. Charles repre-
sentatives arrived.
Salcedo told The Nugget,
<We are excited to give back
to the community.= He said
their goal is to keep their
patients, friends, and neigh-
bors healthy, and supporting
the shelter helps meet that
goal.
St. Charles has increased
their support for a num-
ber of Sisters activities and
organizations, including
Citizens4Community and Age
Friendly Sisters Country.
Shelter chairman, Gary
Eidsmoe, indicated, <This
donation puts us on an even
keel for this coming shelter
season. Earlier we had con-
cerns as to whether we would
have the necessary funds (it
costs $10,000 a month) to run
the shelter.=
This year four local
churches are sharing their
facilities to provide temporary
housing each evening dur-
ing December, January, and
February. Like they are doing
for the last week of November,
if harsh winter temperatures
continue into March, they will
have the shelter open, funding
permitting.
" November 25 through
December 15, Shepherd of the
Hills Lutheran Church.
" December 16 through
January 12, Sisters
Community Church, The
Hangar.
" January 13 through
February 9, Westside Church
(New Hope building).
" February 10 through
29, Episcopal Church of the
Transfiguration.
This will be the first year
the Lutheran Church is hosting
the shelter. Westside Church
has leased the now-vacant
New Hope Christian Center at
222 Trinity Way as a space for
their food bank and to house
the shelter for parts of January
and February.
To make donations of warm
winter clothing, take items
to the Habitat for Humanity
office at 141 W. Main Ave., on
the second floor of the build-
ing, or to the shelter during
open hours.
Items particularly needed
include wool socks, warm hats
and gloves, long underwear,
flannel shirts, sweaters, and,
of course, cash for incidentals.
Serving Sisters Since 1994
ENGINES: Used engines
acquired at good value
for fire department
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volunteers.
According to Brett Miller,
a Camp Sherman volunteer
firefighter, <I truly believe it
is a testament to the depart-
ment and its investment into
its community and members.=
Volunteer Station Captain
Steve Ward, from the Squaw
Creek Canyon Estates fire sta-
tion, said, <The new engines
will give us more water on
scene, better mechanical
reliability, quicker response
to emergency calls, and an
increased ability to operate
on emergency scenes.=
The new engines bring
additional capabilities that
the old engines did not have
before. They have larger fire
pumps and, in the case of the
Squaw Creek Canyon Estates
engine, increased water car-
rying capacity. Additionally,
the two new engines are very
similar in construction to the
engines that operate out of the
main fire station in Sisters.
The
replacement
engines, built by Pierce
Manufacturing, were
purchased new by the
Natchitoches Fire Department
in Louisiana. Staff mem-
bers from SCSFD traveled
PHOTO PROVIDED
New engine 723 (foreground) and old engine 723 sit at the main fire station
as staff move equipment to put the “new” engine in service.
to Louisiana to inspect the
engines in their original
home station and spoke with
maintenance and operations
staff prior to the purchase to
ensure that the engines were
well cared for. SCSFD has a
fleet of four additional Pierce
trucks, including two water
tenders and two fire engines.
The addition of the two
Contenders means that the
vast majority of the District9s
large apparatus are from the
same manufacturer, leading
to increased efficiency in
maintenance, training, opera-
tion and safety.
The first engine was
placed into service on
Saturday, November 23 in
Squaw Creek Canyon Estates.
The second engine, for Camp
Sherman, will come online
in the next two weeks as
the District transitions hose
and equipment from the old
engines to the new ones.
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