Wednesday, October 7, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Sisters youth Outlaws athletes
helps keep up are back on track
bird habitat
to use the OSAA <Season
One= to offer mini-seasons
prior to the start of sanc-
tioned seasons which begin
in late December.
Hudson Jones had a ban-
ner day in the field with per-
sonal records on his way to
victory in all three throwing
events.
Jones put the shot 42 feet
9 inches, winged the dis-
cus 134 feet 11 inches, and
chucked the javelin 145 feet
2 inches.
<Hudson made the most
of getting back into com-
petition,= said Coach Jeff
Larson. <I9m not sure when
the last time we had an
Outlaw pull off that trifecta.=
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
Athletic contests, non-
existent in the area for
months due to COVID-
19, are slowly return-
ing, allowing Sisters High
School track-and-field pro-
gram to host an informal,
abbreviated competition
against Ridgeview High on
Wednesday, September 30.
Events are being handled
carefully. The non-scored
meet featured just five run-
ning events, along with all
the field events other than
triple jump, in the first meet
for most of the athletes since
the spring of 2019.
Sisters, along with other
regional schools, elected
Jordan Oathes
cleans out old
bluebird nests
to make them
welcoming for
bluebirds.
PHOTO BY JODI SCHNEIDER
By Jodi Schneider
Correspondent
Henry David Thoreau
wrote of the bird that <car-
ries the sky on his back.= The
Western bluebird has a sky-
blue back and russet chest
and flanks. They9re birds of
open spaces, so look and lis-
ten for them year-round near
fields, parks, pastures, and
open woodlands 4 any place
with junipers is a good bet.
You can find them in rural
areas around Sisters in places
like Camp Polk Meadow,
Camp Sherman 4 and in and
around the open area where
local quilter Diane Tolzman
resides.
Tolzman9s grandson,
7-year-old Jordan Oathes, has
been helping the bluebirds
build their nests every spring
by leaving out quilting thread
and just recently was inspired
to give them more assistance
by cleaning out the old nests
in the nesting boxes in the
fall.
<Jordan has been clean-
ing out bluebird houses
in our neighborhood as
a home-school project,=
Tolzman said.
Oathes told The Nugget, <I
saw the nesting box we have
and asked my dad if I could
look at the nest. I didn9t think
the bird could make any more
nests in there because the
sticks that the birdhouse were
made from looked so old.=
Tolzman added, <Since
he already wanted to clean
out the nest boxes, I thought
it would be a good science-
type home-school project.
See BLUEBIRDS on page 11
See TRACK on page 23
Staying fire-safe
in the kitchen
The fall ushers in the sea-
son of home-cooked meals
with family 4 which means
more time in the kitchen.
And that9s the most vulnera-
ble place in the house to fire.
<Nationally, cooking is
the leading cause of home
fires and home fire injuries,
with unattended cooking
being the leading cause of
fires in the kitchen,= said
Assistant Chief Deputy
Claire McGrew of the
Oregon State Fire Marshal9s
Office. <In Oregon, cooking
was the leading known cause
of residential structure fires
over the past five years,
through 2019.=
According to data col-
lected from the Oregon fire
service for the National
Fire Reporting System,
home fires caused 29 deaths
in Oregon in 2019, and
fire agencies in Oregon
responded to 2,790 home
fires; and cooking was the
leading known cause of
See FIRE SAFETY on page 18
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to affect gatherings, please contact individual organizations for current meeting status
AREA MEETING CALENDAR
sis meeting SISTERS
cal.eps; 9.7125
in; 5.4 in; Black; -
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.
Sisters Speak Life Cancer Support
Sisters Aglow Lighthouse
4th Saturday, 10 a.m., Ponderosa Lodge Group 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 1 p.m.
Meeting Room. 503-930-6158.
Suttle Tea. 503-819-1723.
East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th
Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’
Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.
Sisters Area Photography Club
2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., meeting by
Zoom. 541-549-6157.
Sisters Area Woodworkers
Friends of the Sisters Library Board
1st Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m. 541-639-6216.
of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m.,
Sisters
Astronomy Club 3rd
Sisters Library.www.sistersfol.com.
Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.
Go Fish Fishing Group 3rd Monday,
Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays,
7 p.m. Sisters Community Church. All
12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse.
ages welcome. 541-771-2211.
Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419.
Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers)
Sisters Caregiver Support Group
2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City 3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., The Lodge in
Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. Sisters. 541-771-3258.
Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board
4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-719-1230. of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Location information: 541-549-1193.
Citizens4Community, Let’s Talk
Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to
3rd Monday, 5:30 to 8 p.m. RSVP at
8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at
citizens4community.com
Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870.
Military Parents of Sisters Meetings
Sisters Parent Teacher Community
are held quarterly; please call for details. 2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Sisters
541-388-9013.
Saloon. 541-480-5994.
Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters
Sisters Parkinson’s Support Group
Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.,
Meeting by Zoom.
541-668-6599.
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-549-6469.
SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings
& Enrichment) Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. at Sisters Park & Recreation
District. 541-549-2091.
Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.
Location information: 541-279-1977.
Sisters Rotary 1st and 3rd Thursdays,
Noon, Aspen Lakes. 541-760-5645.
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 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