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10 Wednesday, August 12, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon A N N O U N C E M E N T S Free Weekly Grab-N-Go Lunches For Seniors Th e Council on Aging of Central Oregon is serving seniors (60+) free Grab-N-Go lunches on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Th ursdays each week. Th e lunches are distributed on a fi rst- come, fi rst-served basis drive- through style from 12 to 12:30 p.m. at the Sisters Community Church, 1300 W Mckenzie Hwy. Seniors may drive through the parking lot and pick up a meal each day of service. Come on by, no need to make a reservation. Questions? Call 541-678-5483. SMS Selling Sisters Strong Shirts/Decals Th e student leadership group at Sisters Middle School is hoping to make a diff erence in our community. Th ey are selling shirts and decals featuring a newly designed Sisters Strong logo. Th e proceeds of the sales will go to Kiwanis Food Bank, Family Advocate Network, and the school’s leadership program. So far they have raised $1,200, although they are still hoping to raise more money for these organizations. Shirts and decals can be purchased online and picked up downtown at either Paulina Springs Bookstore or Canyon Creek Pottery. Please go to sistersstrong.org to purchase your items. Shirts are $15 and car decals are $4. For more info email jeff .schiedler@ssd6.org. Weekly Food Pantry Wellhouse Church has a weekly food pantry on Th ursdays. For the next several weeks, food will be distributed drive-through style from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the Wellhouse Market building, 222 N. Trinity Way. People in need of food may drive through the parking lot and pick up a bag of food for their household. Other Sisters-area churches are joining with Wellhouse Church to contribute both fi nancially and with volunteers to help sustain the program. Info: 541-549-4184. Sisters Habitat for Humanity Th rift Store Extends Saturday Hours Sisters Habitat for Humanity Th rift Store has extended Saturday shopping hours to 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Face masks and sanitized hands are required before entering the store. For more information please contact the Habitat offi ce at 541-549-1193 or email info@sistershabitat.org. Sisters Habitat Volunteers! Th e Habitat Th rift Store, ReStore, and Construction sites have recently opened up and could use your help! New volunteer orientations will take place every Tuesday, Wednesday and Th ursday at noon at the Sisters Habitat offi ce upstairs at 141 W. Main Avenue. An RSVP is required as space is very limited in the socially-distanced meeting room. Each person must wear a mask and sanitize their hands when entering the building. A mask will be provided if needed. For more information please contact Marie at marie@sistershabitat.org or 541-549-1193. 2020 Walk to End Alzheimer’s Join others at 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 12 for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s Central Oregon. Th e world may look a little diff erent right now, but one thing hasn’t changed: our commitment to ending Alzheimer’s. Th is year, Walk to End Alzheimer’s® is everywhere — on every sidewalk, track and trail. Your health and safety are our top priorities. We won’t have a large in-person gathering — instead, we invite you to walk in small teams of friends and family while others in your community do the same. Because we are all still walking and fundraising for the same thing: a world without Alzheimer’s and all other dementia. Visit alz.org/ walk to register today. For more information please call 503- 416-0213. Celebr ation of Lif e A Celebration of Life service for Gordon “Spud” Halsten will be held on Saturday, August 22 at 2 p.m. at Sisters Community Church in the Fireside room. COVID guidelines will be in place. You may also view the obituary and make comments at www. autumnfunerals.net. Donations would be greatly appreciated at Hospice of Redmond, 732 SW 23rd St., Redmond, OR 97756. Furry Friends Has Moved! Th e Furry Friends offi ce is now located at 412. E. Main Ave., Ste. 4 behind Th e Nugget offi ce. Th ough the offi ce is closed to the public, the pet food bank is still open for no contact porch pick ups. Call to order your pet food for pick up during our regular weekly pickup time on Th ursdays from 12:30 to 4 p.m. or by appointment the rest of the week. For more information call or text 541-797-4023. Antiques & Jewelry Donations Needed Sisters Kiwanis takes donations of antiques, collectibles and jewelry throughout the year for its annual Antiques, Collections & Jewelry Sale, held on Saturday every Memorial Day weekend. Your donation is tax-deductible! New jewelry donation drop-off box at Washington Federal Bank in Sisters. For more information and to arrange for pickup of large or small items, please call Pam at 541-719-1049. PET OF THE WEEK Humane Society of Central Oregon 541-382-3537 Meet TOBY, a handsome one- year-old kitty who is eager to fi nd his forever family! This big boy is a little shy around strangers, but turns into a real snuggle monster when he knows you! Toby has lived with other cats and dogs in the past and would do well with any family! If you are looking for a big friendly kitty with a lot of love to give then Toby is the cat for you! BLOOD DRIVE: Red Cross is conducting COVID antibody tests Continued from page 5 us all feel so helpless, so this was a way people could help. I think that was a big motivator for people to donate blood, in addition to finding out if they have the COVID-19 antibodies,= Vanderhoef commented. Rebecca O9Rourke, account manager for American Red Cross PNW who coordinated the event with ESI, said, <We are so thankful that ESI contacted us and hosted the blood drive at Sisters Airport. There were 24 donors signed up, and many were first-time donors. This is vitally important, and we hope they continue to donate three to four times a year. ESI employees were very sup- portive, and the airport was a great location to host the blood drive. We were able to easily park our semi-trailer there, and when the wind kicked up and blew our tent over, they brought their big ESI service truck over to tie it to and be a wind block. It was a great community effort.= <Blood is a never-ending need. This summer we are in a dangerously low situ- ation. Blood and platelets are needed for many differ- ent reasons. Accident and burn victims, heart surgery patients, organ transplant patients, and those receiv- ing treatment for leukemia, cancer or sickle cell disease may all need blood,= said O9Rourke. The American Red Cross is testing all donors for the COVID-19 antibodies. If the antibodies are found to be present, the donor is notified of the results in seven to 10 days. They are then encour- aged to donate convalescent plasma, for use in the treat- ment of active COVID-19 cases. Convalescent plasma products are now being dis- tributed faster than donations are coming in, creating an emergency shortage. Individuals who have fully recovered and received a verified COVID-19 diag- nosis are urged to sign- up to give convalescent plasma by completing the Donor Information Form on www.RedCrossBlood.org/ plasma4covid. <We were very happy to host the blood drive for the Red Cross here at Sisters Airport. This is just one more way for the airport to support the Sisters community. We hope they will come again on a regular basis,= said Julie Benson, owner of Sisters Airport. Sponsored by POLICE: Interim Sisters deputies have been on the street in town Essentials Skincare Karen Keady, RN/NCEA Certifi ed Esthetician 541-480-1412 Please call the church before attending to verify schedules as buildings begin to reopen. SISTERS-AREA CHURCHES Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church (ELCA) 386 N. Fir Street • 541-549-5831 10 a.m. Sunday Worship shepherdofthehillslutheranchurch.com Sisters Community Church (Nondenominational) 1300 W. McKenzie Hwy. • 541-549-1201 10 a.m. Sunday Worship (with signing) sisterschurch.com | info@sisterschurch.com St. Edward the Martyr Roman Catholic Church 123 Trinity Way • 541-549-9391 5:30 p.m. Saturday Vigil Mass 9 a.m. Sunday Mass 8 a.m. Monday-Friday Mass Calvary Church (NW Baptist Convention) 484 W. Washington St., Ste. C & D • 541-588-6288 10 a.m. Sunday Worship | ccsisters.org Th e Episcopal Church of the Transfi guration 68825 Brooks Camp Road • 541-549-7087 8:30 a.m. Ecumenical Sunday Worship (Sunday school, childcare) 10:15 a.m. Episcopal Sunday Worship (Sunday school, childcare) PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK Sisters resident Jamie Vohs offers a ‘thumbs up’ on giving blood. Chapel in the Pines Camp Sherman • 541-549-9971 10 a.m. Sunday Worship Sisters Church of the Nazarene 67130 Harrington Loop Road • 541-389-8960 | sistersnaz.org 10:45 a.m. Sunday Worship | 2sistersnaz@gmail.com Westside Sisters 442 Trinity Way • 541-549-4184 | westsidesisters.org 10 a.m. Sunday Worship 6 p.m. Worship the 3rd Tuesday of each month Vast Church (Nondenominational) 541-719-0587 • 9:37 a.m. Sunday Worship Meeting virtually and in small groups. See vastchurch.com for details. Seventh-Day Adventist Church 386 N. Fir Street • 541-595-6770, 541-306-8303 11 a.m. Saturday Worship Th e Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 452 Trinity Way • Branch President, 541-420-5670; 10 a.m. Sunday Sacrament Meeting Baha’i Faith Meetings Devotional Gatherings, Study Classes and Discussion Groups. Call for location and times • 541-549-6586 Continued from page 1 to be vacated by the three more-experienced officers who are being assigned to Sisters. Lt. William Bailey is in Sisters as the interim super- visor in the Sisters substa- tion and two deputies have been temporarily assigned to Sisters. According to Lt. Bailey, the City is not pay- ing the new contract rate until all of the Sisters positions are permanently filled. <Interviews for the three Sisters deputies have been completed and we expect to announce them in the near future,= said Bailey. A permanent selection for the lieutenant position, now being filled by Bailey, is expected to take place before the end of the year. Since June 1, there have been interim dedicated City deputies in town. Their cur- rent schedule allows for the City to have a dedicated deputy in town seven days a week, unless one of them is on vacation. There is also a deputy assigned to the larger Sisters Country. So, in addi- tion to Bailey, at most times there are two to three depu- ties in the Sisters area work- ing together to serve western Deschutes County. When queried as to whether officer recruitment is more difficult given the cur- rent protests against police departments, Bailey said, <More recently we have seen less applicants for a hiring process than in the past, but it may take some more time to understand how what is going on across the county will impact recruitment and filling vacant positions in the future.=