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Wednesday, January 8, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon C O M M U N I T 3 Y Festival offers songwriting retreat Sisters Folk Festival will host Sisters Songworks: An Intimate Writing Retreat, this spring. Registration for the limited slots is underway. The retreat is a new educa- tion initiative for the organi- zation in 2020. Using the successful plat- form of the Americana Song Academy, SFF is looking to offer a more intimate experi- ence with three songwriter instructors and 24 partici- pants in an immersive song- writing and poetry experi- ence focused on lyric writing and developing songs more deeply. Sisters Songworks will take place April 17-19. Teaching artists include N a s h v i l l e - b a s e d To m Kimmel, nationally touring Portland-based artist Anna Tivel, and 2019 Oregon Book Awards Winner, Beth Wood. Wood 4 currently staff direc- tor for the Americana Song Academy at Caldera 4 will serve as director of the camp. All instructors are poets as well as songwriters. The focus will be on the craft of songwriting as a literary art See SONGWRITING on page 22 PHOTO PROVIDED Ellsworth is double majoring in songwriting and music business in college in Colorado. Fire district names executive assistant The Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District has promoted Julie Spor to the position of executive assis- tant. The executive assistant is responsible for office man- agement and advanced-level administrative functions for the Fire District. In addition to the advanced administra- tive functions, the execu- tive assistant performs some financial management duties for the District. Fire Chief Roger Johnson said, <We are very fortunate to have Julie as part of our administrative team and have no doubt that she will excel in her new position.= Residents calling the Dis- trict office or stopping by the headquarters station on Elm Street are likely to be greeted by Spor as the first point of contact. She helps coordi- nate many of the programs and community service proj- ects the District provides and recently has taken on the role of public information offi- cer for the District. Spor also serves as the president of the Oregon Fire Service Office Administrators (OFSOA). OFSOA is an educational See SPOR on page 21 Sisters woman pursuing her music By Ceili Cornelius Correspondent Megan Ellsworth has been singing and playing guitar since she was a little girl run- ning around the woods of Camp Sherman. Ellsworth, a Sisters High School gradu- ate, class of 2016, is entering her last semester of college at the University of Colorado in Denver. Ellsworth is double- majoring in songwriting and music business. Her majors are working together to further her career in the music business as a self- made singer-songwriter and performer. Ellsworth kn ew she wanted to be a performer from a young age. <I was never really good at anything else, and I9ve always been passionate about music and the arts and I like to work in many areas of the music world and be in that creative space,= she said. Ellsworth attended Black Butte School for elementary and middle school before transferring to Sisters High School for her freshman year. From the beginning, she was in the Americana Project class, which she said helped prepare her well for her musical future. The IEE program at SHS was another huge influence on Ellsworth, pairing arts with the outdoors where she extended her cre- ative space. <Colorado is a really outdoorsy place, similar to Oregon, so all my time in IEE taught me wilderness skills and I hike all the time there now,= she said. The Americana Project class is where Ellsworth could really hone her skills and become a leader in the class. Ellsworth found that it was a really good place to See ELLSWORTH on page 18 SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS Al-Anon Mon., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. / Thurs., 10 a.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. 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 Friends of the Sisters Library Board Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846. 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. Go Fish Fishing Group 3rd Monday, Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419. 7 p.m. Sisters Community Church. All Sisters Caregiver Support Group ages welcome. 541-771-2211. 3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., The Lodge in Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers) Sisters. 541-771-3258. 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 Citizens4Community, Let’s Talk of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m. 3rd Monday, 5:30 to 8 p.m. RSVP at Location information: 541-549-1193. citizens4community.com Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to Military Parents of Sisters Meetings 8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at are held quarterly; please call for details. Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870. 541-388-9013. Sisters Parent Teacher Community Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters 2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Sisters Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m., Saloon. 541-480-5994. Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-549-6469. Sisters Parkinson’s Support Group SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings 2nd Tuesday, 2 p.m., The Lodge. & Enrichment) Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. 541-668-6599. to 4 p.m. at Sisters Park & Recreation Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday. District. 541-549-2091. Location information: 541-279-1977. Sisters Aglow Lighthouse 4th Saturday, 10 a.m., Ponderosa Lodge Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon, Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-760-5645. Meeting Room. 503-930-6158. Sisters Area Photography Club 2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library community room. 541-549-6157. Sisters Speak Life Cancer Support Group 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 1 p.m. Suttle Tea. 503-819-1723. 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 Monthly on a Friday. Call 541-549-4133 for date & time. 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