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Wednesday, January 19, 2022 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon C O M M U N I T 3 Y Classes turn spotlight on Whychus Creek By Sue Stafford Correspondent PHOTO BY ROB KERR Colorado-based bluegrass band FY5 will lead the Sisters Folk Festival’s Bluegrass Jam Camp in June. Festival to offer Bluegrass camp The inaugural Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) Bluegrass Jam Camp is scheduled to take place June 23-26, 2022, outdoors at the Sisters Art Works venue in Sisters, Oregon. The four-day program will focus on musicianship and collaboration through ensemble practice and per- formances on the traditional bluegrass instruments 4 guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, and bass. Topics will also include music theory, song arrangement, singing, and harmony. Jam campers will learn collaboration and perfor- mance skills, culminating in a final concert by camp par- ticipants that will be open to the public. The camp is geared for intermediate- level musicians aged 18 and up. Because the focus is on bluegrass, campers will learn the style and tech- niques unique to that genre, as well as how to success- fully jam and perform with others informally or in a band configuration. The days will be <jam-packed= but there will be plenty of time for fun and socializing with fellow musicians. Bluegrass Jam Camp instructors are members of the Colorado-based blue- grass band FY5 4 led by award-winning songwriter Mike Finders and bass- ist Erin Youngberg 4 plus guest instructor Eli West. FY5 has developed and run several other instructional bluegrass camps, includ- ing at the Pagosa Folk N9 Bluegrass festival in Colorado and at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico. The popular band performed at the 2019 Sisters Folk Festival. Eli West is a singer, songwriter, and multi- instrumentalist from Seattle, and a past performer at the SFF and other SFF events over the years. West has also taught at numerous music camps around the country. Sisters Folk Festival has adopted a <pay what you can= model for this oppor- tunity, to ensure that no one is prevented from attending See BLUEGRASS on page 12 Citizens can learn more about Whychus Creek start- ing in February by attending five two-hour classes spon- sored by the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council (UDWC). At the end of the classes, an all-day tour of the Whychus watershed will occur in May. Whychus Creek has its origins high up in the Three Sisters, runs down through Sisters, and continues north- east to join up with the Deschutes River on its way to the Columbia River and eventually the Pacific Ocean. The Whychus Watershed Speaker Series will be presented by the UDWC and its natural resource part- ners, discussing the history, hydrology, water quality, habitat conditions, native fish, water conservation, and stream restoration of the creek. The program is sup- ported by funding from the Roundhouse Foundation. Knight said the UDWC has flourishing programs that get students out on the creek and into nature and they want to extend those opportunities to adults, particularly those who have the creek in their neighborhood. Whychus Creek has undergone a name change See WHYCHUS on page 6 Determining the future of SES land With the Sisters School District soon starting con- struction on a new elemen- tary school, a common ques- tion in the community is: <What will become of the current school building?= The building is located at the corner of Highway 20 and North Locust Street. The Sisters School District has asked Citizens4Community (C4C), a nonprofit working for greater civility, collabora- tion, and civic engagement in Sisters Country, to conduct an outreach project with the community. The goal of this project is to get public input leading to the best use of the current elementary school building and surrounding property. Several times over the past decade, a community center has been identified as a need by your Sisters Country neighbors4 most recently in the Sisters Country Vision process conducted in 2018- 19. What9s unclear is exactly what should be included in a Sisters Community Center See FUTURE on page 11 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, 3:30 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