Wednesday, July 22, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Folk festival announces
creativity camps
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Diane and Pat Yates broke ground on their future home in ClearPine last week.
Breaking ground together in Sisters
Sisters Habitat for
Humanity and the Heart of
Oregon YouthBuild held a
joint groundbreaking cer-
emony on July 15 in the
ClearPine neighborhood.
The public was invited to
participate virtually through
Facebook livestream.
The Heart of Oregon
Corps broke ground on the
first townhouse as the two
families who will purchase
the homes have not yet been
designated. The two families
that will purchase the second
townhome are Terri Gookin
and Diane and Pat Yates.
Both families are thrilled for
the start of the project.
<Owning a home will be
a safe shelter and sanctu-
ary. I can9t wait to build my
new home alongside Sisters
Habitat for Humanity,= said
Gookin.
Pat Yates explained how
he and Diane have rented in
Sisters for 20 years and that
<owning a home in Sisters
will be a dream come true.=
Sisters Habitat and
YouthBuild will each build
a townhouse on Habitat9s
property, giving home and
shelter to four families.
When completed these will
be YouthBuild9s 28th home
and Sisters Habitat9s 74th.
Chuck Harper, Sisters
Habitat Board President,
presided over the event. The
opening prayer and blessing
of the ground was provided
by Habitat volunteer Jan
Bottcher.
Sharlene Weed, Sisters
Habitat Executive Director,
said, <We often say we build
in partnership. Building in
partnership is always true,
but even before we break the
ground here in the ClearPIne
neighborhood, We have
many partners to be grateful
for:
<The City of Sisters,
ClearPine Developer Peter
Hall, Habitat for Humanity
of Oregon, Oregon Housing
and Community Services,
Community Land Trust,
Proud Ground, James and
Sharon Richards, numer-
ous donors and Jason Todd
Design. The Heart of Oregon
YouthBuild and Sisters
See HOMES on page 21
Sisters Folk Festival will
offer two outdoor summer
camps for middle school
aged students this summer:
August 10-14 and August
17-21.
The weeklong day camps
will explore creativity, musi-
cal discovery, art, and cre-
ative writing taught by pro-
fessional artists and educa-
tors. The all-day camps will
be held outside on the lawn
at Sisters Art Works, 204
W. Adams Ave., and will be
the first of what SFF staff
sees as new educational ini-
tiatives at their Sisters Art
Works property.
The first camp will take
place August 10-14 and
is called <The Nature of
Expression: Exploring Art,
Music, Creative Writing and
Nature.= The session will be
taught by musician, song-
writer and poet Beth Wood
and teaching artist Judy
Fuentes.
Wood is an acclaimed
s i n g e r- s o n g w r i t e r a n d
Oregon Book of Poetry
award-winner, and will teach
music and creative writing.
Fuentes is a veteran teach-
ing artist of two decades
who currently teaches at
Sisters Middle School, and
will explore fun and creative
themes through visual arts
and illustration.
This camp has a limit of
20 students (two groups of
10 students each) and all
See SFF CAMPS on page 9
Hot, dry weather
heralds fire danger
Summer weather has
arrived in earnest in Sisters
Country, with temperatures
climbing into the 90s and
vegetation from lawns to
forest groundcover drying
out apace.
And that means fire
danger.
Sisters has experienced
two decades of major wild-
fires, and with the local
economy in a fragile state
due to the coronavirus out-
break, locals fear the impact
of another blaze.
Firefighters quickly
lined a wildfire that broke
out Saturday afternoon just
east of La Pine on Saturday,
and by press time it was 30
percent or more contained.
The fire prompted a Level
1 pre-evacuation notice for
the Newberry Estates neigh-
borhood, but that evacuation
notice was lifted Sunday.
The incident served as a
reminder that fire season is
underway in earnest. Sisters
See WILDFIRE on page 22
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to affect gatherings, please contact individual organizations for current meeting status
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.
541-549-1527.
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,
Noon, Aspen Lakes. 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