Wednesday, December 1, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Small Farmer’s Journal
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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