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Wednesday, December 1, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon C O M M U N I T 3 Y Small Farmer’s Journal big on content By Bill Bartlett Correspondent PHOTO PROVIDED Joel Chadd of Sisters has launched a crowdfunding campaign to complete his debut album. Songwriter kickstarts debut album By Ceili Cornelius Correspondent Joel Chadd of Sisters is pursuing his lifelong pas- sion for music by releasing his first debut album. Chadd grew up in a musi- cal family with his father being a professional musi- cian, and his grandma in her youth being a performer in Big Bands. Chadd played drums in middle school but put music on hold for many years, until at 23 years old he decided to pick up the guitar and learn. <I began teaching myself guitar and writing songs when I was 23 years old on my mom9s nylon string guitar (thanks to her encouragement) and I haven9t looked back since,= said Chadd. <When I found music again, and what it really meant to me, was when I found my form of self- expression when I was in search of understanding myself.= There was an effort- lessness and ease to doing music once he got back into it and figured it out. He and his siblings grew up singing in church, so he had always had some affinity for sing- ing, but now it was his form of self-expression 4 sing- ing and songwriting. <Creative writing and writing had also always been a passion of mine, so I was able to combine music with the writing aspect as well,= he said. Chadd waited to go to college until he was surer of what he wanted to pur- sue in life. He got his two- year associates degree from COCC and from there wanted to figure out a way to integrate music perma- nently into his life. At the time, Breedlove Guitars in Bend was hiring and he jumped at the chance to get involved and have a foot in See JOEL CHADD on page 31 Small Farmer9s Journal on North Cedar Street is another of those surprising businesses tucked away off the beaten path in Sisters, and which has a large fol- lowing well past our borders. The family-owned business publishes a quarterly, large format, color journal 4 and has since 1976. They have paid subscribers in 72 for- eign countries and all 50 U.S. states and all Canadian provinces. Editor and Publisher Lynn R. Miller, who founded the operation, describes the Journal as <more like a community odyssey than a periodical.= He and wife, Kristi Gilman-Miller, are sincere when talking about the Journal9s editorial philosophy. <This is a folksy, feisty publication, a clarion of free speech in the best old sense of the phrase,= the Millers say. The 10-inch-by-10.75- inch Journal typically runs 100 pages, most all of it in color. Well over 50 photos or illustrations support the host of subjects in each issue that range from livestock, crops, barns, equipment, and reci- pes, to kids pages, poetry, See SFJ on page 29 Locals spin Camp Sherman tales Two local authors will visit the Camp Sherman Store on Saturday, December 4, from noon to 2 p.m. to sign their very different, but nonetheless Camp Sherman- connected books. Bethanne Kronick Blann will sign copies of her chil- dren9s book <Mr. & Mrs. Snowplow are Back!= cre- ated with her late husband, Camp Sherman9s beloved resident deputy Dave Blann. <The book is the light in my life right now,= Bethanne told The Nugget. One of Blann9s duties as resident deputy was to keep Camp Sherman clear of snow during the winter. Though only a few miles to the west of Sisters, Camp Sherman gets a whole lot more snow than usually falls in tow, and plowing could be a big and exhausting job. Bethanne recalls that, <Dave came home one morn- ing after plowing for hours in See AUTHORS on page 30 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 Woodworkers 1st Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m. 541-231-1897. Al-Anon Mon., noon. / Thurs., 10 a.m., Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. Go Fish Fishing Group 3rd Monday, Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846. 541-610-7383. 7 p.m. Sisters Community Church. All Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays, 12:30 ages welcome. 541-771-2211. Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs. & p.m. at Sisters Community Church. Sun., 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the Email sistersbridge2021@gmail.com. Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers) Transfi guration / Sat., 8 a.m., Episcopal 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City Sisters Caregiver Support Group Church of the Transfi guration / Mon., Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. 3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., Village Green 5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Park. 541-771-3258. Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, Church / Big Book study, Tues., noon, 1 to 4 p.m. 541-668-1755. Sisters Cribbage Club Please call for Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / details. 541-923-1632. Citizens4Community, Let’s Talk Gentlemen’s meeting, Wed., 7 a.m., Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board 3rd Monday, 5:30 to 8 p.m. RSVP at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m. Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs., citizens4community.com Location information: 541-549-1193. noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Military Parents of Sisters Meetings Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fri., are held quarterly; please call for details. Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran 7 to 8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at 541-388-9013. Church. 541-548-0440. Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870. Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters Sisters Parent Teacher Community Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m., 2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Sisters Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-549-6469. Saloon. 541-480-5994. room. Partner required. 541-595-6236. SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild & Enrichment) Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. Sisters Parkinson’s Support Group 2nd Thurs.,1 p.m. Sisters Library. For Saturday meeting dates and to 4 p.m. at Sisters Park & Recreation 541-668-6599 location, email: steelefl y@msn.com. District. 541-549-2091. Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday. Central OR Spinners and Weavers Sisters Aglow Lighthouse Location information: 541-279-1977. Guild One Saturday per month, Jan. 4th Saturday, 10 a.m., meeting by Sisters Rotary 1st and 3rd Tuesdays, thru Oct. For schedule: 541-639-3217. Zoom. 503-930-6158. Noon, Aspen Lakes. 541-760-5645. Sisters Area Photography Club Council on Aging of Central Oregon Sisters Trails Alliance Board 1st Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters 2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., at Sisters Monday, 5 p.m. Sisters Library. Community Church. 541-549-6157. Community Church. 541-480-1843. BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS 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 beth@nuggetnews.com