Wednesday, September 16, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Sisters School District at a glance
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
ILLUSTRATION BY CARLY GARZÓN VARGAS
Sisters artist Carly Garzón Vargas designed this original piece for Sisters
Farmers Market. You can view her work at www.carlygarzonvargas.com.
Raffle will support
market, fire relief
" Grand prize basket filled
with nearly $850 worth of
goods from vendors featured
at the 2020 Sisters Farmers
Market.
Tickets can be purchased
through the end of September
either online at www.
sistersfarmersmarket.com/
raffle or in person at Sisters
Farmers Market, Sundays
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fir
Street Park. Winners will be
drawn during a live Facebook
event on October 1.
With a growing local
population and the onset of
the COVID-19 pandemic,
the market anticipated the
By Caroline Hager
Sisters Farmers Market Manager
The Sisters Farmers
Market is hosting a
Fundraising Raffle for
COVID-19 expenses and
Oregon Wildfire Relief
funds, featuring three large
prizes with values totaling
nearly $3,000.
Prizes consist of:
" A 2021 large Seed to
Table produce share or $800
gift certificate to the Seed
to Table booth at Sisters
Farmers Market.
" Private tour and dinner
for four on Seed to Table
Farm prepared by a local
chef.
See RAFFLE on page 12
" Sisters Education
Association (union)
President Michele Hammer
thanked the school board
and Superintendent Curt
Scholl for working coopera-
tively with the teaching staff
on solving issues related to
working conditions during
COVID-19. Hammer also
expressed how much the
teaching staff looks forward
to being back, doing in-per-
son instruction.
" Teachers are largely
working from the school
buildings this year during
the distance-learning phase
as opposed to from home as
they did last spring.
" Beginning fund balance
of the budget for the 2020-21
school year came in higher
than expected according
to Finance Director Sherry
Joseph. The extra money
resulted from greater returns
from the local option tax
($300,000) and from less
spending last spring on items
such as transportation, new
hires, substitutes and athlet-
ics, as the district operated
under distance learning.
" Building principals
reported a good start to the
first week following a lot
of outreach to students and
families, including socially
distanced meet-and-greets,
school tours, and home vis-
its to help welcome new and
transitioning families.
" All three principals con-
veyed a hopefulness that
the health metrics related to
COVID-19 infection rates
will continue to drop so that
students can return to in-per-
son learning. If low rates in
Deschutes County hold, K-4
students will return to class
on September 28 and Sisters
Middle School and Sisters
High School students will
return October 19.
" The school board passed
a proclamation emphasizing
commitment to equity and
anti-racism and resolving to
establish specific goals and
policies to support equity
and anti-racism.
" Enrollment numbers
are not final yet, but the
middle school reported 50
new students resulting in
See SCHOOLS on page 12
Modified ‘seasons’ for SHS athletes
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
Outlaws athletes are going
to be able to get in some
modified sports activities this
fall.
In the topsy-turvy world
of COVID-19, guidelines
and rules are ever-changing.
High-school athletics have
been subject to constant flux
since March.
When schools first shut
down last spring, hope
remained that they would
reopen before the end of the
year and spring sports would
be allowed to complete a
truncated season. That dream
didn9t pan out and high
school athletes were left to
fend for themselves when it
came to staying active.
Summer came and things
didn9t get any better regard-
ing gathering in an orga-
nized way. In July, the
Oregon Schools Activities
Association (OSAA) con-
ferred with school leaders to
come up with a plan for the
2020-21 school year; that
resulted in a <four season=
approach.
The plan originally called
for Season One to be open
with no organized OSAA
activities, followed by
Season Two (winter sports,
December 28-March 7),
Season Three (fall sports,
February 22-May 2) and
Season Four (spring sports,
April 19-June 27).
Plans have shifted again
and Season One is now open
for limited practices and
competitions at the discre-
tion of local school districts,
according to Gary Thorson,
athletic director and head
football coach.
According to Thorson, the
change allows students and
coaches to participate in any
OSAA-sanctioned activity
permitted by directives from
See SPORTS on page 12
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.
541-610-7383.
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