Wednesday, January 8, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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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