Wednesday, January 27, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Beloved Sisters
veterinarian is retiring
By Jodi Schneider
Correspondent
The Outlaws Ski Team is finally getting some action on the slopes.
PHOTO PROVIDED
ALPINE SKI TEAM
finds a way to begin competition
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
The COVID-19 pandemic
has wreaked havoc for high
school sports teams, but due
to the nature of the sport, the
Sisters High School alpine
ski team has developed a
plan with other schools to
begin competitions this
week with a meet at Hoodoo
scheduled for Wednesday,
January 27.
Coach Gabe Chladek
reported that the boys and
girls comprising the team
have been doing dryland
training since November and
have been up <on the hill=
once or twice a week since
mid-December.
<All of the team activities
are 100 percent outdoors and
we9ve been able to maintain
social distancing and wear
face coverings while train-
ing,= said Chladek.
The Oregon School Ski
Association (OSSA), which
normally governs the high
school ski racing in the state
has taken <a hands-off=
approach this season, leaving
schools and coaches, along
with volunteers, to orga-
nize some non-sanctioned
<friendly= meets, according
to Chladek.
<We will be racing infor-
mally with the Mid-Oregon
and Southern Willamette
Valley teams, along with the
Redmond schools this sea-
son,= said Chladek. <Races
will be conducted entirely
with parent volunteers and
coaches without assistance
from the formal league.=
With 12 boys and nine
girls on the squad and all
the extra planning required
to create a race schedule,
Chladek has relied heav-
ily on his assistant coaches,
which include his wife, Rima
Givot, and Grant McDonald.
<Those two have really
helped carry out the bulk of
the training,= he said.
Chladek is excited about
the team9s turnout and
potential.
<We have a lot of new rac-
ers. Some with previous club
racing experience, as well
as a batch of returning rac-
ers from previous seasons,=
he said. <Everyone involved
seems to have a pretty strong
skiing background and both
boys and girls teams should
be very competitive this
year despite being an overall
younger group.=
After more than two
decades of practice at Broken
Top Veterinary Clinic, Dr.
Little Liedblad is transition-
ing (slowly) into retirement.
Liedblad is a 1985
graduate of Washington
State University College of
Veterinary Medicine and has
had patients from raptors to
elephants and everything in
between.
On January 1, 2000
Liedblad bought the building
at 67293 W. Highway 20 in
Bend and had it modified into
a veterinary clinic.
Liedblad remembers when
her husband, Craig, had seen
an ad for a house for sale
right off Highway 20 on the
way into Bend.
She told The Nugget,
<We went over to look at
the house, and on the walk-
through my daydreaming
began to take form and I
could envision how a simple
manufactured home could be
turned into a really great vet-
erinary clinic.=
If you9ve ever been to
Broken Top Veterinary
Clinic, you9ve probably seen
the animal footprints along
the way going up the ramp to
the entrance. Those footprints
were made by a dog, cat,
horse 4 and a dragon named
Melvin B. Scorch.
Liedblad noted, <Years
See LIEDBLAD on page 8
Artists sought for
garden proposal
Pine Meadow Ranch
Center for Arts and
Agriculture (PMRCAA) in
Sisters is seeking proposals
for a signature garden space
that is inspired by a quilt
design. Proposals are sought
from local Central Oregon
quilt makers, artists and/or
designers experienced with
quilt patterns.
Proposals for the 2021
growing season are due
February 12 and selection
will be made by February
28. The garden, located
at Pine Meadow Ranch,
will be a 20-by-20-foot
bed with 8quilt-blocks9 no
smaller than 12 inches to
be designed out of plants
and flowers. Planting for
this growing season will
begin in early March.
Proposals that include time
towards implementation of
the garden are encouraged.
Implementation will be lead
by the PMRCAA9s garden
manager.
See QUILT GARDEN on page 8
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to affect gatherings, please contact individual organizations for current meeting status
SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR
Council on Aging of Central Oregon
Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters
Al-Anon Mon., noon, by Zoom. / Thurs., Community Church. 541-480-1843.
10 a.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th
Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’
Church. 541-610-7383.
Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.
Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs. &
Friends of the Sisters Library Board
Sun., 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the
of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m.,
Transfi guration / Sat., 8 a.m., Episcopal Sisters Library.www.sistersfol.com.
Church of the Transfi guration / Mon.,
Go Fish Fishing Group 3rd Monday,
5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
7 p.m. Sisters Community Church. All
Church / Big Book study, Tues., noon,
ages welcome. 541-771-2211.
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church /
Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers)
Gentlemen’s meeting, Wed., 7 a.m.,
2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505.
Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs.,
Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to
noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-719-1230.
Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fri.,
Citizens4Community, Let’s Talk
noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
3rd Monday, 5:30 to 8 p.m. RSVP at
Church. 541-548-0440.
citizens4community.com
Alzheimer’s & Dementia Caregiver
Military Parents of Sisters Meetings
Support Group 1st Tuesday, noon,
are held quarterly; please call for details.
SPRD bldg. 800-272-3900.
541-388-9013.
Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club
Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters
Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.,
room. Partner required. 541-595-6236. Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-549-6469.
SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings
Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild
& Enrichment) Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.
For Saturday meeting dates and
to 4 p.m. at Sisters Park & Recreation
location, email: steelefl y@msn.com.
District. 541-549-2091.
BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS
Central OR Spinners and Weavers
Guild One Saturday per month, Jan.
thru Oct. For schedule: 541-639-3217.
Sisters Area Photography Club
2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., meeting by
Zoom. 541-549-6157.
Sisters Speak Life Cancer Support
Group 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 1 p.m.
Suttle Tea. 503-819-1723.
Sisters Area Woodworkers
1st Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m. 541-639-6216.
Sisters Trails Alliance Board 1st
Monday, 5 p.m. Sisters Library.
Public welcome. 808-281-2681.
Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd
Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.
Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon,
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123.
Sisters Bridge Club In-person
gathering suspended until further notice. Three Sisters Irrigation District
For free online bridge info,
Board of Directors 1st Tuesday,
call Barbara 541-914-6322.
4 p.m., TSID Offi ce. 541-549-8815.
Sisters Caregiver Support Group
3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., The Lodge in
Sisters. 541-771-3258.
Three Sisters Lions Club 2nd
Tuesday, noon, Ray’s Food Place
community room. 541-419-1279.
Sisters Cribbage Club Please call for
details. 541-923-1632.
VFW Post 8138 and American Legion
Post 86 1st Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.,
Sisters City Hall. 541-903-1123.
Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board
of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Location information: 541-549-1193.
Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to
8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at
Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870.
Weight Watchers
Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. weigh-in, Sisters
Community Church. 541-602-2654.
SCHOOLS
Sisters Parent Teacher Community
2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Sisters
Saloon. 541-480-5994.
Black Butte School Board of
Directors 2nd Tuesday, 3:45 p.m.,
Black Butte School. 541-595-6203.
Sisters Parkinson’s Support Group
Meeting by Zoom.
541-668-6599.
Sisters School District Board of
Directors One Wed. monthly, SSD
Admin Bldg. See schedule online at
www.ssd6.org. 541-549-8521 x5002.
Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.
Location information: 541-279-1977.
Sisters Aglow Lighthouse
4th Saturday, 10 a.m., Ponderosa Lodge Sisters Rotary 1st and 3rd Thursdays,
Meeting Room. 503-930-6158.
Noon, Aspen Lakes. 541-760-5645.
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