Wednesday, April 8, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Virus-time anxiety
increased on devices
news.=
Price researches the phys-
iology behind our behaviors,
so we can have more control
over how we spend our time
4 and how we feel.
<Basically, when we9re
stressed out, the part of our
brain that9s in charge of
rational thought goes com-
pletely offline,= explained
Price.
<It9s kind of unfortunate.
In the moments when you
might need it most, the pre-
frontal cortex 4 the area of
your brain that9s in charge of
this 4 is like, »See ya later!
I9m going to go hide under
a rock. I9m gonna let your
primitive brain take over.9=
The primitive part of
By T. Lee Brown
Correspondent
What9s stressing you out
more: the coronavirus, or
thinking about it all the time?
The Internet, TV, news, and
smartphones help people
stay informed and feel con-
nected during the COVID-19
crisis. Unfortunately, there
are side effects, including
anxiety and addiction.
We turned to Catherine
Price for advice. The founder
of the Screen/Life Balance
program and author of <How
to Break Up With Your
Phone,= Price is producing
a series of #QuarantineChats
on Vimeo.com. From the
confines of her apartment,
she recently explored <com-
pulsively checking the
See DEVICES on page 16
The Quarantine List
More reading and listen-
ing to enrich the quarantine
experience&
Sisters artist Norma
H o l m e s l o v e d < M r.
P e n u m b r a 9s 2 4 - H o u r
Bookstore,= a novel by
Robin Sloan.
<The cover glows in the
dark!= Holmes says. <The
opening sentence has me
smiling. Sloan paints a pic-
ture in words, a visual that
puts me right beside the main
character, Clay Jannon. He is
standing on top of a ladder,
stretching upward to reach
a very old leather-covered
volume. Clay is a night clerk
in Mr. Penumbra9s 24-hour
bookstore in San Francisco.
<I9m finding it difficult to
put the book down. I9m lim-
iting my chapters, spread-
ing the descriptive enter-
tainment-excitement over a
few days as Sloan takes me
on a journey, using today9s
See READING on page 23
GRAPHIC PROVIDED
Sisters Habitat for Humanity will build six townhomes in the ClearPine development.
Affordable housing projects underway
By Jim Cornelius
Editor in Chief
A project that will add
eight affordable housing
units to the local inventory
is underway at the ClearPine
development at the north end
of Pine Street in Sisters.
The 2007 development
agreement between the City
of Sisters and developer 3
Sisters Partners required
that the developer provide
for eight affordable units.
According to developer Peter
Hall, that requirement is
being fulfilled by two rental
units being constructed by
the developers themselves,
and six townhomes to be
built by Sisters Habitat for
Humanity.
The development agree-
ment called for occupancy
by May 2020. Hall says that
the rental units will be com-
pleted and on the market by
May; the timeline has been
pushed out on the Habitat
homes.
The rental units consist
of a two-bedroom/two bath-
room house and a detached
one-bedroom unit on Heising
Drive.
<The main house can
accept a family of four, and
the detached unit will accom-
modate a family of two peo-
ple,= Hall told The Nugget.
The rents for both
units will be based on
HUD (Housing and Urban
Development) rental sched-
ules with renter income
levels not to exceed 80 per-
cent AMI (average median
income) for Deschutes
County.
<Designed by Adam
Peterson of Muddy River
Design, these units will
blend very well with other
homes in ClearPine,= Hall
said. <The construction fea-
tures all the latest appli-
ances, HVAC systems and
premium building materials
throughout. It will earn an
Earth Advantage Platinum
certification when complete,
which means very low utility
bills for occupants.=
Sisters Habitat for
Humanity will build six
townhomes designed by
Jason Todd Design. Todd,
a Sisters resident, designed
adjacent townhomes in
the development, and the
Habitat homes are designed
to fit the character of the
neighborhood.
<Jason works with Peter,
and Peter asked him to help
us 4 and we said thank
you,= said Habitat Executive
Director Sharlene Weed.
The project utilizes fund-
ing from Oregon9s Local
Innovation and Fast Track
(LIFT) Housing Program,
which helped offset land
costs, Weed told The Nugget.
Five of the townhomes
will be 807 square feet and
one will be 661 square feet.
<It9s a little smaller than
we usually build,= Weed
said.
Habitat has built zero-lot-
line homes and townhouses
before, but it9s been three or
four years since they9ve done
such a project, Weed said.
The houses will be suit-
able for single occupants, a
couple with no children or a
single parent with one child.
Weed said that two fami-
lies have been designated
for homes and others are in
See HOUSING on page 16
As the COVID-19 crisis affects gatherings, please contact individual organizations
for their current meeting status or alternate arrangements.
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.
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.
2nd & 4th 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 1st and 3rd Thursdays,
5:30 p.m., Takoda’s. 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, 3:30 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,
4:30 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
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