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C O Wednesday, February 5, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon M M U N I T 3 Y Hoodoo set for Winter Carnival One of the signal events of the winter season is ready to roll on Saturday, February 8, with a day full of free activities. Winter Carnival has been a tradition at Hoodoo for decades and includes a num- ber of free events (no lift ticket required): an ax-throw- ing booth; disc golf; musical chairs; a three-legged obsta- cle race; a team tube race; a hula-hoop contest; a flyatha- lon; a pie-eating contest; a ski javelin throw; an archery contest, a Hoodoo employee snow sculpture contest and bingo. The lifts are open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Highlights include a special dinner menu, the Dummy Downhill contest, the annual torchlight descent and professional fireworks on the mountain. PHOTO PROVIDED Sisters Firefighters are raising funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society through the annual stair-climb event in Seattle next month. They’re striving to hit an $18,000 goal. Film event weighs morality in a dirty war They called him Breaker Morant for his skill at break- ing rough horses. And he was a fine horseman, a drifter, a drover, a drinker, a brawler, a bush poet, a Boer War sol- dier in a tough irregular unit 4 and ultimately a convicted and executed war crimi- nal. He was the kind of man around whom legends gather. The Sisters community will weigh the question as to whether Harry Harbord Morant was a murderer or a scapegoat of the British Empire during a screening of the award-winning 1980 Australian movie <Breaker Morant.= The screening is part of the Sisters Community Church Creativity, Culture & Faith series, and all mem- bers of the community are welcome to the screening set for Wednesday, February 12, at 6:30 p.m. at Sisters Movie House. The movie will be fol- lowed by a discussion facili- tated by Jim Cornelius, who has studied the Morant case for years. <The movie is widely considered a classic, and the case it9s based on is endlessly fascinating 4 and controver- sial to this day,= Cornelius said. <The moral and ethical questions raised around the conduct of combatants in a dirty conflict resonate with current events, and they9re perfect for the kind of discus- sion this series is supposed to generate.= According to Pastor Steve See BREAKER on page 30 Sisters Firefighters fighting cancer By Ceili Cornelius Correspondent Nine Sisters Camp- Sherman firefighters will be participating in the annual Leukemia and Lymphoma Society stair climb in Seattle on March 7. More than 2,000 firefight- ers from around the world participate in climbing the Columbia Tower located in downtown Seattle. The stair climb is in its 29th year, and this will be the sixth year in a row Sisters firefighters will be participating. Travis Bootes, participant and EMT firefighter, spoke with The Nugget on the climb and why they do it. <We really do it for the cause of it, all of the funds raised go directly to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS), none of the funds raised goes to the fire departments,= said Bootes. The climb entails climbing up 69 flights of stairs in full turnout gear, which means full protective gear, caps, masks and air tanks. It is cal- culated as 1,356 steps. <Within the tower, there are photos of survivors, and honorees are at the building and it really keeps you climb- ing,= Bootes said. The day of the climb, no one except participants, families, honorees and sur- vivors and those involved with the LLS are allowed in the building, making the event the main purpose for the day. The event has been raising funds for the LLS for almost 30 years, funds for research and development to help fight these deadly diseases. Bootes enjoys doing it just for the cause, even though it is a tough endeavor; he says it9s not that much different than what they do as fire- fighters anyway. <It is rewarding to finally finish the climb, and getting to see photos in the stairwell of survivors is a motivator for us,= he said. As far as preparing for the climb goes, Bootes says there is no way for them to practice what they do on the climb, especially in Sisters which doesn9t have any high-rise buildings. However, he said they basically keep up with their own training for fire- fighting as well as some days of using the stair-climber gym apparatus. See FIREFIGHTERS on page 20 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, SPRD bldg. 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. Friends of the Sisters Library Board of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m., Sisters Library.www.sistersfol.com. Go Fish Fishing Group 3rd Monday, 7 p.m. Sisters Community Church. All ages welcome. 541-771-2211. Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers) 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. 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. Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays, 12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse. Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419. Sisters Caregiver Support Group 3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., The Lodge in Sisters. 541-771-3258. 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 2nd Tuesday, 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