Wednesday, September 8, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Writers to host acclaimed
author for workshop
PHOTO PROVIDED
Tony Cosby speaking to Ethan Kennedy about the guitar he built in 2018.
Retiring SHS teacher plans
reunion for guitar builders
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
Since 2005, Tony Cosby
has directed hundreds of
Sisters High School students
through the detailed process
of building their own gui-
tars. As he eases into his last
year of teaching the class on
his way to full retirement,
Cosby has come up with a
plan to bring his former stu-
dents together for a reunion.
A reunion for students
from over all the years is
scheduled to take place on
Sunday, October 17 at the
Sisters Artworks building
from 4 to 7 p.m.
Cosby sees it as a way
to celebrate the program,
the relationships that were
formed in the process, and
as a perfect way to close out
this chapter of his profes-
sional life.
According to Cosby,
the guitar-building class
was created after Cosby
met Jayson Bowerman of
Breedlove Guitars during
a river clean-up activity.
The two started talking and
before long the brainstorm
became a plan and soon the
plan became a reality.
<Both of us think it was
our own idea,= said Cosby,
laughing. <Seriously, Jayson
deserves a ton of credit
because without him none of
this would ever have taken
hold.=
The Sisters Folk Festival
has been a supporter of the
program from the outset as
well, along with the many
adult volunteers who have
stepped in to help over the
years.
<Sisters turned out to
be the perfect community
for something like this to
happen,= said Cosby. <The
enthusiasm, the focus on the
arts, the support for expe-
riential learning all came
together to make this pro-
gram what it is today.=
Cosby explained that,
See REUNION on page 23
Sisters Writes, a small
read-and-critique writing
group in Sisters, is sponsor-
ing a craft workshop with
acclaimed author, Amanda
Skenandore.
Skenandore is known for
her ability to create mood
and tone using pace, setting,
dialogue, syntax, and char-
acter. She is the author of
three historical fiction nov-
els published by Kensington
Books Publishing. <Between
Earth and Sky,= her first
novel, was named winner
of the American Library
Association9s reading list
award for Best Historical
Fiction.
Publisher9s Weekly said,
<Skenandore9s intensely
emotional debut reveals the
difficulties faced by Native
Americans who were torn
from their culture to integrate
into a white society where
they were not accepted...
[Her] deeply introspective
and moving novel will appeal
to readers of American his-
tory, particularly those inter-
ested in the dynamics behind
the misguided efforts of white
people to better the lives of
Native Americans by forcing
them to adopt white cultural
mores.=
The workshop on
<Mastering Mood= will be
held at Brand 33 Restaurant,
Aspen Lakes Golf Club,
See WORKSHOP on page 22
Middle school mural
embraces community
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
Sisters Middle School
Principal Tim Roth believes
that <when you walk into a
building, the walls speak to
you about what the people
who work there (staff and stu-
dents) believe and stand for.=
Upon entering the middle
school commons, the mes-
sage is simple, yet impactful.
There, 20-feet up on the wall,
to the right of the stage, is a
10-foot-high by 28-foot-long
painted canvas mural embla-
zoned with the words, <You
are loved.=
This summer, middle
school art teacher Judy
Fuentes worked with a
group of approximately 20
middle school students for
five afternoons (about 18
hours) to create this message.
They designed and created
it, working cooperatively at
every phase of the project.
<I am impressed with how
See MURAL on page 22
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to affect gatherings, please contact individual organizations for current meeting status
SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR
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
at Sisters Community Church.
Al-Anon Mon., noon. / Thurs., 10 a.m.,
541-549-6157.
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. Go Fish Fishing Group 3rd Monday,
Sisters Area Woodworkers
541-610-7383.
7 p.m. Sisters Community Church. All
1st Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m. 541-639-6216.
ages welcome. 541-771-2211.
Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs. &
Sisters
Astronomy Club 3rd
Sun., 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the
Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers)
Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.
Transfi guration / Sat., 8 a.m., Episcopal 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City
Church of the Transfi guration / Mon.,
Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays,
12:30 p.m., Email: sistersbridge2021@
5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday,
gmail.com.
Church / Big Book study, Tues., noon,
1 to 4 p.m. 541-668-1755.
Sisters Caregiver Support Group
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church /
Citizens4Community, Let’s Talk
3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., Village Green
Gentlemen’s meeting, Wed., 7 a.m.,
Park. 541-771-3258.
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / 3rd Monday, 5:30 to 8 p.m. RSVP at
Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs., citizens4community.com
Sisters Cribbage Club Please call for
details. 541-923-1632.
noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
Military Parents of Sisters Meetings
Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fri., are held quarterly; please call for details. Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board
noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.
541-388-9013.
Church. 541-548-0440.
Location information: 541-549-1193.
Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters
Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to
Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club
Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.,
8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at
Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-549-6469.
Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870.
room. Partner required. 541-595-6236.
Prayer Shawl Group 2nd & 4th
Sisters Parent Teacher Community
Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild
Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Call for
2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Sisters
For Saturday meeting dates and
location: 503-819-1723.
Saloon. 541-480-5994.
location, email: steelefl y@msn.com.
SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings Sisters Parkinson’s Support Group
Central OR Spinners and Weavers
& Enrichment) Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. Meeting by Zoom.
Guild One Saturday per month, Jan.
to 4 p.m. at Sisters Park & Recreation
541-668-6599.
thru Oct. For schedule: 541-639-3217.
District. 541-549-2091.
Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.
Location information: 541-279-1977.
Sisters Aglow Lighthouse
Council on Aging of Central Oregon
Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters 4th Saturday, 10 a.m., meeting by
Sisters Rotary 1st and 3rd Tuesdays,
Community Church. 541-480-1843.
Zoom. 503-930-6158.
Noon, Aspen Lakes. 541-760-5645.
BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS
Sisters Speak Life Cancer Support
Group 2nd & 4th Tues, 1-2:30 p.m.
Call for location: 541-410-9716.
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
Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Spoons
Restaurant. 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, 3:45 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.
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., 5:30 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