Wednesday, January 15, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Ann Richardson
joins Land Trust
of Commerce. Ann9s cur-
rent business, AHRichardson
Nonprofit Consulting, capi-
talizes on her experience as
both a board member and
executive, providing advisory
services to small-to-medium-
sized nonprofits.
Ann and her husband,
Clyde, love to hike, bike,
whitewater raft and travel
around the West.
<I9ve admired the work of
the Land Trust for years and
am honored to be helping to
guide an organization that
Ann Richardson of Sisters
has joined the Deschutes
Land Trust9s Board of
Directors.
She brings unique skills,
expertise, and passion for
conserving land in Central
Oregon to the Land Trust.
Richardson has lived
in Sisters since 1999. She
has been executive staff for
two nonprofits, Sisters Folk
Festival and Sisters Outdoor
Quilt Show. She is cur-
rently the board treasurer for
Sisters Trails Alliance and
has served as board president
for the Sisters Area Chamber
See RICHARDSON on page 11
Edie Jones appointed
to school board
to be considered for the
position.
Board Chairman Jay
Wilkins said, <I am so grate-
ful to all the talented and
capable candidates who were
willing to serve on the School
Board. Any of the applicants
would have been great, but
we landed on Edie due to her
deep expertise in early child-
hood and development.=
In other business, Sherry
Joseph, business manager for
the District, announced that
Sisters School District will be
acquiring three new buses at a
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
Edie Jones became the
newest member of the
Sisters School Board follow-
ing a unanimous vote at the
monthly Board meeting held
Wednesday, January 8.
Jones got the nod over
two other candidates who had
applied for the position. She
will take over the remain-
der of the term vacated by
Amanda Clarke, which will
run until June 30, 2021.
Two other community
members, Kirk Schlemlein
and Jeff Stolasz, also applied
See BOARD on page 17
PHOTO PROVIDED
Steve Lent, Bowman Museum’s historian, will present “The Rise of the Timber Industry in Central Oregon” at
FivePine Conference Center as part of the Three Sisters Historical Society Fireside Stories Evenings.
Author to describe timber history
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
Timber and railroads were
what built and supported
Central Oregon in the early
20th century. Local historian
Steve Lent, of the Bowman
Museum in Prineville, will
bring that time alive with his
photographic presentation
of <The Rise of the Timber
Industry in Central Oregon=
on Tuesday, January 21, 7
p.m., at the Three Sisters
Historical Society Fireside
Stories Evening at FivePine
Conference Center.
Lent, a Prineville native, is
well-known in the area for his
keen interest in local history.
His guided history tours and
local presentations are always
popular events as he shares
lively stories and vintage
photos of significant histori-
cal events, people, and places
throughout Central Oregon.
The earliest mills were
small local operations to pro-
vide lumber for homestead-
ers and early ranchers to
build homes and barns. Those
mills, numbering in the hun-
dreds, were either steam or
water powered and had lim-
ited production capabilities.
When the timber sup-
ply began to be exhausted
in the northern woods of the
Midwest, large timber opera-
tions looked to the West to
acquire large holdings in
Central Oregon. The area
was covered by dense forests
of ponderosa pine, so large
they were called <monarchs=
3 165 feet tall and four feet
around.
Lumberman M. J. Scanlon
of Minnesota purchased
16,000 acres of forest in
Central Oregon in 1898. Dr.
Dwight Brooks, also from
Minnesota, joined Scanlon in
purchasing more timberland
in Deschutes County. They
then waited for the necessary
rail lines to be built (1911)
to carry finished lumber out
of their proposed Brooks-
Scanlon mill, which eventu-
ally produced 625,000 board
feet of lumber per day in
1926.
Lent will relay the his-
tory of that mill as well as
See TIMBER on page 15
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
Monday, 5 p.m. Sisters Library.
Public welcome. 808-281-2681.
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