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Wednesday, September 9, 2020

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Lionshead Fire shuts down Mt. Jefferson Wilderness

The Lionshead Fire on the Warm Springs reservation reared up and roared last week, growing to 18,615 acres on Monday. PHOTO BY KRIS KRISTOVICH

By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

As firefighters gained 100 percent containment on the Green Ridge Fire just north of Sisters, the Lionshead Fire blew up. Fueled by hot temperatures, low-humidity, and gusty winds, the fire on the Warm Springs Reservation to the northwest grew last week until it hit 18,615 acres by Monday. Over the Labor Day weekend, the smoke from Lionshead and dozens of fires in California created a thick haze across Sisters Country. Air quality in Sisters

was deemed “unhealthy” on Sunday night. Camp Sherman residents were placed on Level 1 evacuation notice, urging them to be aware of potential danger from the big blaze 10 or 12 miles to the north. Given the fireʼs rapid growth and a forecast that called for unusual and heavy winds through the first part of the week, authorities essentially shut down the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, closing trails and campgrounds in and beyond the Metolius Basin — including a section of the Pacific Crest Trail.

Willamette National Forest officials were concerned that the fire could spill over the Cascade Crest and enacted an extensive closure in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness on the west side. On Monday, September 7, Sisters-Camp Sherman and Cloverdale fire districts announced a ban on all recreational burning effective immediately. The ban included all areas within the fire districts. Recreational fires include those used for pleasure, religious, ceremonial, cooking, warmth or similar purposes. Barbecues and propane fires

Outdoor education on two wheels By Jim Anderson

New art graces Sisters spaces By Helen Schmidling

Correspondent

This was the 4th season for Heather Walden to take her Sisters Country kids out on what she calls “One part biking, one part nature watching and one part art creating” — exploration from Camp Sherman to Suttle Lake and back. She had a thousand ideas swimming around in her head for new and exciting ways to present opportunities to her bikers for exploring their beautiful surroundings. One way was to help out in a survey of local bumblebees. This would be a wonderful way to bring kids closer to the nature of their land and obtain a good idea of how our local bumblebees were doing. Then came March and COVID-19. Walden was about to throw in the towel See ECO BIKING on page 7

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are not included in the ban. Residents are strongly encouraged to contact their local fire protection agencies for additional burning information and regulations. Sisters-Camp Sherman and Cloverdale fire departments will continue to monitor weather and fuel moisture conditions in their districts and may make modifications on a day-to-day basis. Call your fire agency for information. In Sisters, call 541-5490771. In the Cloverdale district call 541-548-4815 (burning information) or 541-3892345 (office). At Black Butte Ranch call 541-595-2288.

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Late on a Friday afternoon, artist Katie Daisy sat on the lawn between SoulShine & Co. and the soon-to-open food cart called Nourish. She watched her See PUBLIC ART on page 9

Zone change a major step for development By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief

The first major steps in a development that could bring 250 to 300 new homes to Sisters in the next PHOTO COURTESY BLACK BUTTE ECO BIKERS

Cyclists launched their functional art in Link Creek.

See DEVELOPMENT on page 25

Letters/Weather ...............2 Announcements............... 8 Crossword ..................... 26 Sudoku .......................... 28 Meetings ......................... 3 Events ............................. 9 Classifieds.................27-29 Real Estate ............... 29-32

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Keeping it safe local…

It’s time to change the paradigm By Michael Richards Guest Columnist

PHOTO BYJERRY BALDOCK

Sisters Farmers Market is coming to the end of its season. The Sunday event has managed pandemic protocols successfully to offer local produce and artisan goods to the local community.

Letters to the Editor… The Nugget welcomes contributions from its readers, which must include the writerʼs name, address and phone number. Letters to the Editor is an open forum for the community and contains unsolicited opinions not necessarily shared by the Editor. The Nugget reserves the right to edit, omit, respond or ask for a response to letters submitted to the Editor. Letters should be no longer than 300 words. Unpublished items are not acknowledged or returned. The deadline for all letters is 10 a.m. Monday.

To the Editor: Over the last 3-1/2 tumultuous years I have asked many of my friends who happen to support Trump, “What would it take for them to abandon their support of him?” Would it be his confrontational approach with China, N. Korea and other countries which demonstrate a very real threat to our democracy? His seeming support of Russia and President Putin? The weakening of our relations with NATO countries? His disconnect in acknowledging the stark differences between the protests related to the Black Lives Matter movement and the far-right nationalist movement? His degradation of women and persons of color? His use of presidential authority and government institutions as a backdrop to his political grandstanding? His inability to appoint and retain top-level leadership in the

White House such that key positions are left unstaffed? Never mind the moral turpitude that seems to run throughout his administration. (I recall the outcry during the Clinton administration that “character counts.” How is this outcry not relevant today when there are so many examples surrounding this president’s character?) The repeated and proven examples of his outright lies and misrepresentations to the American Public for his own political and personal gain? The basic question, despite these considerations, is simply, “What would it take for you to abandon your support of Donald Trump?” In the past week it was reported that Trump referred to deceased military personnel as “losers and suckers” and has encouraged voter fraud by urging North Carolina voters to See LETTERS on page 24

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Problem: Reactionary demonstrations in Portland are negatively impacting Democratic Presidential campaign to elect Biden/ Harris in swing states as Trump touts law and order while consciously ignoring critical, underlying issues expressed in Portland and several cities across the U.S. Suggestion: Mayor/ Governor/State/Federal Oregon leadership to intersect and dialog with “leadership” of the Portland demonstration. In the absence of identifying leader, create one (group) as representing majority. Purpose: To first establish 30-day moratorium on demonstrations in Portland to determine the specific list of rational actions that can be taken to address demonstrators’ demands. Realizing the nature and complexity of the current association of related but diverse issues being debated on the streets, seek group consensus of The Problem — forming consensus is not a simple act but in avoiding building one, nothing positive will come of the sacrifices made by so many to this point. As a point of departure, one needs only to refer to the spread of “labor” issues struck across the U.S. in the 1930s. Left to its own, the loosely associated labor unions and workers were quickly infiltrated by active foreign influence peddlers, drawing off local and regional focus, by introducing draconian behavior which had the effect of militarizing the entire theater and all those players whether they be civil, state, private, or national actors. This process originated in the late 1920s, flagged forward for more than 10 years, interrupted by the invasion of the Hawaiian Navy Base on Oahu late 1941. The current circumstances in Portland appear to be progressing without leaders on either “side” of the underlying civil actions and initiatives. Without leadership, demonstrations do not necessarily lead to legislation. In the absence of a progressive, rational process, potential for unregulated chaos logically

follows. Unregulated reactive action opens the doors not only for Trump to make hay politically, it also opens doors to federal intervention on the streets in Portland and other places in the U.S., blurring the line between legal and unlawful as we continue to do the same thing for the past 90 days expecting different results, with little to show for the massive effort by demonstrators and local/state authorities leaving little to nothing resolved. Need: Change the paradigm. It is apparent the Trump administration is greatly benefiting from these mostly lawful, mostly non-violent acts in Portland. We need to change the discussion – we need to change the tactic – we need to demonstrate that Oregon can indeed “handle” our own problems. We get it. We now need to do something that moves the city and the State of Oregon in a direction showing that our State is capable of solving this problem before it grows beyond our means to mitigate the perceived or manufactured damage that otherwise is hand-in-hand linked to our lawful right to peaceably assemble — our constitutional right and responsibility encoded in U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Bill of Rights. Recommendation: Achieve and announce a negotiated moratorium, stating objectives, emphasizing not only the need to reevaluate state and local policing policies in particular, to also address underlying issues that are extant in Oregon and within the purview and authority of the State Governing Authority, whether statewide, regional or local. Take, subsequent to 30-day moratorium, immediate action as an act of “good faith,” with promise and plan to continue process as a measure to establish institutionalized state/local ‘facility’ setting regional presence as a working prototype to demonstrate Oregon capacity to resolve Oregon problems without need for external intervention. We only need a federal system when that system is devoted to solving problems we cannot or will not solve on our own.

Opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the writer and are not necessarily shared by the Editor or The Nugget Newspaper.

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New trail connects users to PRT Thanks to the hard work of many volunteers, folks living west of Sisters can now access the Peterson Ridge Trail (PRT) system via the new PRT-Whychus Footbridge Tie Trail. Almost two miles of new trail connects the Elk Ranch Loop (from Edgington Road across from the Middle School) via the footbridge on the Brooks Scanlon Logging Road to the existing trail system. The new trail eliminates the need for residents of Tollgate, Crossroads and other areas to the west to ride or walk on city streets in order to access the Peterson Ridge trails. This connector also allows mountain

bike riders on the PRT to access the Metolius Windigo Connector to dramatically expand options to the south and west of town for cyclists. The new PRT-Whychus Footbridge Tie Trail is for hiking and mountain biking only. No motorized vehicles, e-bikes or equestrian use are allowed. Project “scoping” and approving new trail can be a lengthy process; this new section of trail was initially proposed almost six years ago and has been actively in the works for at least three years. Sisters Trails Alliance (STA) volunteers Gary Guttormsen and Patrick See NEW TRAIL on page 9

Some students may go to school this month As COVID-19 cases in the region continue to drop, some Sisters students may be able to return to school in September. In a message to parents, Superintendent Curt Scholl said, “On September 8, we start comprehensive distance learning for all. We are targeting September 28 as a return time for K-3, as we have been consistently meeting the metrics set by Governor Brown to serve those students. If the metrics continue to improve,

we are hopeful that we can include our 4th grade in this return on the 28th and all of our elementary students back to school under our reopen plan.” Middle and high school students can still expect six weeks in Comprehensive Distance Learning as the school year begins. “As we track our county and state metrics, we will continue to communicate See SCHOOL on page 30

PHOTO BY JODI SCHNEIDER

The Sisters Street Fair went forward under COVID-19-safe protocols last weekend. Local and regional crafters welcomed the opportunity to show their wares.

Street fair adapts to COVID-19 rules By Jodi Schneider Correspondent

People enjoyed the last days of summer in downtown Sisters on Labor Day weekend browsing through a variety of arts and crafts for the 13th annual Sisters Fall Street Festival held at Oak and Main Avenue. Vendors could operate by preparing and following a COVID-19 safety plan. Event Organizer Richard Esterman said, “I know about all the COVID-19 requirements and we are following them. I was raised that if an obstacle is in front of you, you overcome it, and there’s

nothing that you can’t overcome. We just move forward. We can still do events; let’s not all hide in the closet.” He added, “I fought really hard for this and found that events can be done with some extra creativity. I used common sense; I have oneway aisles with arrows, have sign-in sheets, sanitizer stations, social distancing and mask signs throughout the event. “I’m showing that it can be done right, so other event promoters can say, ‘Hey, we can do this.’” Robert Reyes, a regular vendor at Esterman’s Central Oregon Shows, is

enthusiastic to be back outdoors selling Bakke Brothers Jerky. Reyes said, “This is the first show I’ve done since the first of March. All my other gigs have been canceled. It’s been rough and I haven’t had any income other than a few online sales. I didn’t monitor it as much as the shows because normally we have samples for what we sell and now we can’t do that. This is a gourmet product. It’s not your average jerky that you buy in the grocery store. Most people want a sample to try it and see if they like it.” See STREET FAIR 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. Al-Anon Mon., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. / Thurs., 10 a.m., Friends of the Sisters Library Board Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m., 541-610-7383. Sisters Library.www.sistersfol.com. Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs. & Go Fish Fishing Group 3rd Monday, Sun., 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the 7 p.m. Sisters Community Church. All Transfiguration / Sat., 8 a.m., Episcopal ages welcome. 541-771-2211. Church of the Transfiguration / Mon., Heartwarmers (fleece blanketmakers) 5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City Church / Big Book study, Tues., noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. Gentlemen’s meeting, Wed., 7 a.m., Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / 4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-719-1230. Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs., Citizens4Community, Let’s Talk noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fri., 3rd Monday, 5:30 to 8 p.m. RSVP at citizens4community.com noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. 541-548-0440. Military Parents of Sisters Meetings are held quarterly; please call for details. Alzheimer’s & Dementia Caregiver 541-388-9013. Support Group 1st Tuesday, noon, SPRD bldg. 800-272-3900. Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m., Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-549-6469. room. Partner required. 541-595-6236. SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings & Enrichment) Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild to 4 p.m. at Sisters Park & Recreation For Saturday meeting dates and District. 541-549-2091. location, email: steelefly@msn.com. Sisters Aglow Lighthouse Central OR Spinners and Weavers 4th Saturday, 10 a.m., Ponderosa Lodge Guild One Saturday per month, Jan. Meeting Room. 503-930-6158. thru Oct. For schedule: 541-639-3217. Sisters Area Photography Club Council on Aging of Central Oregon Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters 2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library Community Church. 541-480-1843. community room. 541-549-6157.

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Sisters Area Woodworkers 1st Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m. 541-639-6216. Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846. Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays, 12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse. Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419. Sisters Caregiver Support Group 3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., The Lodge in Sisters. 541-771-3258. Sisters Cribbage Club Wednesdays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Ray’s Food Place community room. 541-923-1632. 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.

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 Office. 541-549-8815. Three Sisters Lions Club 2nd Tuesday, noon, Ray’s Food Place community room. 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.

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Sisters Parent Teacher Community 2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Sisters Saloon. 541-480-5994.

Black Butte School Board of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 3:30 p.m., Black Butte School. 541-595-6203.

Sisters Parkinson’s Support Group 2nd Tuesday, 2 p.m., The Lodge. 541-668-6599.

Sisters Christian Academy Board of Directors Monthly on a Friday. Call 541-549-4133 for date & time.

Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday. Location information: 541-279-1977. Sisters Rotary 1st and 3rd Thursdays, Noon, Aspen Lakes. 541-760-5645.

Sisters School District Board of Directors One Wed. monthly, SSD Admin Bldg. See schedule online at www.ssd6.org. 541-549-8521 x5002.

Sisters Speak Life Cancer Support Group 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 1 p.m. Suttle Tea. 503-819-1723.

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. cloverdalefire.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

Wednesday, September 9, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon

Tales from a

Sisters Naturalist by Jim Anderson

Sasquatch, writers, and success While at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), I met and married a snazzy science teacher and we produced two wonderful boys who have grown up as U.S. Air Force fighter pilots with kids of their own. In the early days of our family we became a regular fixture at Don Smith’s (aka Chief Lalooska’s) home. Don was a transplanted member of the Cherokee Nation who took up residence in Ariel. He became enraptured with the lifestyle and art of the Pacific Northwest Nations and took upon himself to learn all he could about their culture. He then obtained permission from

the Northwest People to tell their clan ancestor stories in the Longhouse, using art creations he carved and created. Pacific Northwest frogs, bears, birds and their spiritual connection to The People become the subject of his thrilling stories in a way that helped my writing and also carried me into another life of appreciation of nature that is so powerful today. One subject kept coming up as my wife and our boys visited with Don and his family at their home next to the Long House: The Great Men of the Mountains, aka Sasquatch. One night, after a delicious dinner and games, Don got started with his Sasquatch stories and noted my inattention. He came up to me and with a very serious look asked, “You don’t believe in the Big Men of the Mountains?” I sort of hemmed and hawed, not wanting to get myself into hot water or hurt Don’s feelings, when he interrupted me, saying, “You love birds, don’t you? You study them and photograph them?” I responded that I did. He then asked, “You’ve heard birds singing at night?” I answered that I had. Then, without hesitation,

he whispered in my ear, “Those aren’t birds,” and spoke louder, “Those are the Big Men of the Mountain, and that’s the way they communicate.” At that moment, my brand new, sometimes boisterous young son Dean, began to complain so I placed him in one of those newfangled baby backpacks and went for a hike up the stump-covered hills overlooking the Longhouse. Once on top Dean had quieted down and I sat down on one of the stumps overlooking Cougar Reservoir on that beautiful, quiet, moonlit night. Suddenly, right behind me, I heard (what I thought were) two birds talking to each other, twittering about this-or-that. I could feel the hair on the back of my neck standing straight up and a funny feeling came over me. So much so that I scampered down the hill, right to the front door of the Smith home. As I stepped into the house, the first person I met was Don, who looked at me, grinned and said, “You heard them didn’t you?” After my stint with Sunriver in the early 1970s, helping to make land-use planner Bob Royston’s “Ecologium” into Sunriver Nature Center, came another

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mentor: Dorothy Cale of Bend. She hired me to take on the job of editor for her entry into the world of the local newspapers when she started publishing “Confidentially Yours.” She decided to focus on historical tales of early Bend and I had the honor of meeting and writing up stories of early history makers. Additionally I wrote for Eastwind, a monthly paper published by Jeff and Vicki Hill — more stories of people who led incredible lives in times past. Oh, what a grand time that was! Then, surprises of surprises, Vince Roth, my spider prof in Arizona, talked Sue and me into coming to Southeast Arizona to run Ramsey Canyon Preserve, which in those days was known as the Hummingbird Capital of the U.S. That’s also where our son, Caleb, got his middle name, Carroll, for Carroll Peabody, a conscientious giant of a man who once owned Ramsey Canyon and didn’t want to see it developed. And our daughter, Miriam, got her name from Miriam Tefft, an extraordinary teacher of those historical days. We moved back to Oregon in time for me

to kiss my old pal Dean Hollinshead goodbye when he went out among the stars. That was quickly followed by Erik and Kiki Dolson of The Nugget Newspaper coming into my life. I started writing a nature column for them, which is still going on today. To say that my time with Erik was instructive would be a gross understatement. He would frequently ask, “Got a minute?” and then give me another lesson on writing, especially the use of the article, “the.” And current editor-in-chief Jim Cornelius does the same, ready to guide me along when I so obviously need it. In the late 1990s, at the encouragement of publisher Aaron Swisher, I began writing an additional nature column for the Source Weekly paper in Bend. And that has been a lot of fun. I tapped out tales for his readers about all the creatures I was interacting with in the world of sagebrush, forests, caves, lakes, air and rivers of Central Oregon. And what a wonderful time I’ve had doing so over these past 25-someodd years, especially with See ANDERSON on page 26

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The internet access gap is wide — and has an impact By Sue Stafford Correspondent

The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a bright and broad light on how much the average American relies on the internet. The gap between who has access to the internet and who doesn’t has been highlighted. “The COVID-19 crisis has revealed that Americans everywhere need universal, reliable, affordable, and highspeed internet to do their jobs and participate equally in remote school learning,” said Sally Jewell, former Interior Secretary under President Obama. “Thirty-nine percent of households, roughly 23 million Americans, do not have access to high-speed internet.” In a study done by Microsoft, they found the percentage to be much higher because of the way the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) calculates users, using census blocks which are not terribly accurate for a study like this. Broadband access, or lack thereof, impacts education, healthcare, agriculture, small and large businesses, social connections, emergency/weather notifications, entertainment and support of sustainable jobs for rural, low-income urban, and tribal inhabitants. For those who can’t access the internet due to lack of infrastructure and/ or expense of equipment and service, they are at a distinct disadvantage in many areas of their lives. COVID-19 has exacerbated issues of

connectivity. Telemedicine has proven to be a valuable tool in the field of healthcare during this time of pandemic and will likely change the face of medical care long after the coronavirus pandemic is tamed. For people who live a long distance from their healthcare providers or are unable to leave home due to age or infirmity, telemedicine brings the necessary contact with their doctors into their homes. The shutdown of the schools from pre-K through college due to COVID-19 has presented a daunting challenge to educators and students. The virtual classroom has become the norm, at least temporarily. But for those teachers and students without available internet service, they are shut out of the classroom. Some schools have prepared study packets but with no virtual in-class time with their teacher and other students, learning, socializing, and with the ability to ask questions, the education of those students lacking internet connection is greatly hampered. Based on another study, depending on locale, it is estimated that anywhere from 40-70 percent of residents lack connectivity, illustrating how a public health crisis has brought to light a technological one. Millions of Americans lack basic broadband or simply can’t afford it. Nearly one in five students between kindergarten and 12th grade do not

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have computers or fast web connections, according to data compiled by the Pew Research Center in 2018. This gap disproportionately plagues low-income families and people of color. The consequences of the gap between those who have access to virtual learning and those who do not may be felt for years to come. The Sisters School District makes sure that every student without a computer receives a Chromebook, and, if they don’t have internet availability, they are provided with a personal hotspot. That program was started several years ago with a grant of $10,000 from Hoodoo Ski Area and is now a part of the district’s operating budget. This fall, the virtual classrooms will follow a set schedule with attendance taken every day. There are two sections of three core classes that meet online twice a week in the morning. On Friday, teachers are available online to answer questions from students, provide extra help, and provide parent education on how to help their students. Last spring, when the schools first closed due to the coronavirus, a number of local Sisters businesses began offering Wi-Fi access to students who didn’t have it available. Internet connectivity provides farmers and ranchers with important information regarding weather predictions and warnings, government programs, advances in crops and cultivation, new information on plant and animal

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diseases, connections to their neighbors, and the ability to do banking and other business functions, avoiding long drives into town. Some of the newer farm equipment has AI (artificial intelligence) embedded, operating entirely from a hand-held device, improving the viability of the farmers’ operations. As COVID-19 spread across the county, the supply chain from farm to consumer began to weaken. Without internet, the farmers who have the food can’t easily connect with suppliers. Without internet, they can’t turn on a dime to make necessary adjustments. Government officials and farm and ranch

representatives believe that the food producers’ ability to thrive is reliant on reliable access to broadband, not only for their businesses but for healthcare and their children’s education. One official stated that internet access is the life blood of their operations, as it is for many businesses. For those who can do their jobs from home, the internet acts as an economic lifeline. For those unable to go to work during the pandemic, if they could do work online but don’t have internet connectivity, working from home is not a possibility. The increased use of home computers during the pandemic has created problems for some users — a story for another day.

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Trekking with ‘Tall Socks Tanya’ By Becky Aylor AKA ‘Short Sock Suntan’ Guest Columnist

Dirt. There’s something about it. As kids, we ‘’experience” it. We dig in it, sniff it and taste it. We add water to make mud-pies, throw it and watch it splatter, hop in it and kick it and watch it blow away in the wind. Together we build and insulate our forts with it, build jumps for our bikes out of it, and then we grow up and dirt seems to lose its wonder. At some point, it’s just “dirty” and downright filthy. I’m constantly sweeping it out of my house, out of my car, and washing it out of my clothing. ...and then I turned 50. ..and then the pandemic. ...then the pandemic didn’t end. But it was summer! Educators are some of the hardest workers on the planet. I’ve worked a zillion jobs (hardware store, pizzeria, toy store, pre-schools, summer day camps, telemarketer, sales, juvie-corrections, server, banker and a teacher, to name a few). It’s been almost a decade that I’ve brushed shoulders with teacher peeps day in and day out. But it wasn’t until the summer of ’20 that I really got to know the strength of a local middle school teacher. Celebrating the early summer birthday dinner of a colleague ended with some sidewalk chatter; “Hey, we should get together again! How about a hike? On Tuesday?” We even kicked around some names: Sole Sisters; The Young and the Rest of Us; Blister Sisters; etc. In the end, we didn’t really have a group name that stuck...we had something better. We had “Tall Socks Tanya.” Tanya Young defines petite. She’s itty bitty. Delicate, with blond hair and perfect skin. She has the most caring and compassionate heart of a teacher with a perfect voice to match. If you know her at all you’ll know she’s wicked smart and witty too. She is also one of the most amazing mothers that I’ve ever met. Teaching science full time is just her side gig. Then there’s “Tall Socks Tanya.” I’m convinced her well-traveled insulated hiking boots match her overall body weight. Her weighty backpack is complete with bear spray, a satellite locator, water filter, nutrition supplies (cinnamon candy bears are essential gear), water, etc. Her phone is well-charged

with all of her research — hidden under well-loved icons. We hiked every Tuesday this summer after that day. Tall Socks Tanya, true to form, would wear socks pulled up to her knees and rather-worn Nike capri hiking pants. I, on the other hand, wore shorts and short socks and am quite sure I will have a solid tan line on my ankle... forever (and yes, Dr. Bachtold, I started wearing sunscreen this year too). We often rallied at Tollgate. Masked up, carpooled, picked up other teachers along the way, and followed our fierce wilderness guide up the next dusty trail of awesomeness. Beautiful hidden trails that wove in and out of oldgrowth pines and skipped over creeks and meadows displaying the most vibrant wildflowers one could imagine. Some hikes were four to five miles and others were over 10. Several hikes had elevation gains of 2,500 feet!

Every single step was worth the stunning views at the top overlooking the snow-covered mountain peaks, buttes, and valleys. I was awestruck with Tanya’s confidence and strength. I was also awestruck at how much dirt seemed to come home on me. Like Forest Gump walking... Tanya Young started hiking two years ago. I don’t know the why, but I know she’s addicted. She has a goal of walking 1,200 miles (miles) in 2020. I’m sure she’s at 900-plus miles by now. She hiked almost every day of the summer (and often overnight weekend backpacking trips). This tiny, meek, seemingly shy teacher is a complete beast. The tallest mountains have met their match. The scorching heat of the summer sun and the “flocks” of mosquitos did not deter. Often she would trek solo on 15-plus-mile hikes. I feel privileged and grateful that she shared herself with me and others on Tuesdays so that we, too, could experience the awe and wonder that Central Oregon holds to those that seek it out — not to mention the laughs of just being together and talking story. Tall Socks Tanya and I are opposite in many of our personal beliefs

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Black Butte Eco Bikers engaged in the creative art portion of their summer explorations.

ECO BIKING: Youngsters got out into the woods this summer Continued from page 1

for the year. But one of her faithful volunteers, the father of one of her regular bikers, Matt Middlestetter, reached out and made some suggestions. Then a mom, another faithful follower of the bikers, got them all together to discuss the Oregon Health Authority’s guidelines for summer day camps, and ideas began to flow. And, according to Walden, this was the outcome: “The kids have all been wonderful and the parents all very supportive as well. We wore masks and had hand sanitizer spray. We reduced the hours and split the group into two smaller groups every other week. The previous year we had discussed splitting the group up, so it was already in the plan for this season.” And away they went. One week they had the younger group, “regular” program, and the next week was the group of older boys that Walden named “The Advanced JR Trail Masters Team.” Many of the older kids had outgrown the basic simplicity of the program to explore nature, learn about butterflies and noxious weeds, and visit the landfill transfer center to learn about the recycle programs. Walden observed, “They had all become quite good at riding and were more interested in the art of mountain biking. They all nicknamed it Bike Camp. They loved the summer memories of riding bikes with friends and swimming at Suttle Lake and all the various art projects we had made at the lake. All kids love art! The kids’ all-time favorite is making boats out of natural materials and then racing the boats in the creek.” Since Walden and her volunteers wanted to keep the kids riding and exploring into nature, it became clear that in the coming years they would be old enough to organize

rides with friends themselves. So they focused on teaching them how to read maps and understand trails to evaluate the routes before riding, along with enforcing the need for all the safety gear in their packs before heading out into the forest. See ECO BIKING on page 29

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Furry Friends Has Moved!

The Furry Friends office is now located at 412. E. Main Ave., Ste. 4 behind The Nugget office. Though the office is closed to the public, the pet food bank is still open for no contact porch pick ups. Call to order your pet food for pick up during our regular weekly pickup time on Thursdays from 12:30 to 4 p.m. or by appointment the rest of the week. For more information call or text 541-797-4023.

SMS Selling Sisters Strong Shirts/Decals

The student leadership group at Sisters Middle School is hoping to make a difference in our community. They are selling shirts and decals featuring a newly designed Sisters Strong logo. The proceeds of the sales will go to Kiwanis Food Bank, Family Advocate Network, and the school’s leadership program. So far they have raised $1,200, although they are still hoping to raise more money for these organizations. Shirts and decals can be purchased online and picked up downtown at either Paulina Springs Bookstore or Canyon Creek Pottery. Please go to sistersstrong.org to purchase your items. Shirts are $15 and car decals are $4. For more info email jeff.schiedler@ssd6.org.

Free Weekly Grab-N-Go Lunches For Seniors

The Council on Aging of Central Oregon is serving seniors (60+) free Grab-N-Go lunches on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays each week. The lunches are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis drivethrough style from 12 to 12:30 p.m. at the Sisters Community Church, 1300 W Mckenzie Hwy. Seniors may drive through the parking lot and pick up a meal each day of service. Come on by, no need to make a reservation. Questions? Call 541-678-5483.

Antiques & Jewelry Donations Needed

Sisters Kiwanis takes donations of antiques, collectibles and jewelry throughout the year for its annual Antiques, Collections & Jewelry Sale, held on Saturday every Memorial Day weekend. Your donation is tax-deductible! New jewelry donation drop-off box at Washington Federal Bank in Sisters. For more information and to arrange for pickup of large or small items, please call Pam at 541-719-1049.

Celebration of Life

A celebration of life for Michael Ray Smith (June 1940 – April 2020) of Sisters will be held on Saturday, September 12 at 1 p.m., outdoors at Sisters Community Church, 1300 McKenzie Hwy.

Meet the Candidate

Join Indivisible Sisters to meet Phil Chang, candidate for Deschutes County Commissioner. This is an opportunity to hear his positions on issues facing our county, to ask questions and to get answers. All are welcome. Thursday, September 10, 7 p.m. via Zoom. (link: https://buff.ly/3aHMGu6) For more info: 541-400-8312.

Weekly Food Pantry

Wellhouse Church has a weekly food pantry on Thursdays. For the next several weeks, food will be distributed drive-through style from 12:30 until all food is distributed at the Wellhouse Market building, 222 N. Trinity Way. People in need of food may drive through the parking lot and pick up a bag of food for their household. Other Sistersarea churches are joining with Wellhouse Church to contribute both financially and with volunteers to help sustain the program. Info: 541-549-4184.

Virtual Race to Benefit Central OR Symphony

The Virtual Beat Beethoven’s 5th 5k & 1-mile race will be held Sunday, October 11. A virtual race is done “on your own” between Sunday, October 11 through Sunday, October 18. You can run on your own or use the route at Central Oregon Community College, 2600 NW College Way, Bend. Proceeds benefit the Central Oregon Symphony, which has canceled concerts because of the virus. For just $25 you can register for either distance: www.beatbeethoven5k. com. Registrants will receive a printable bib and be entered into a raffle. If you have questions, call the Central Oregon Symphony Assoc. office at 541-317-3941.

Three Sisters Historical Society seeks history enthusiasts to volunteer in our new museum. Don’t know anything about Sisters history? No problem, we will provide training so that you can lead our guests through the museum and its exhibits. Enjoy sharing our Sisters history and learning those special stories that few people know! Interested? Call 541-904-0585 or email to tshsvolunteers@gmail.com.

Free Legal Assistance for Deschutes County Seniors

The Council on Aging of Central Oregon and Legal Aid Services of Oregon are working together to offer legal services to lowincome seniors living in Deschutes County. These services are provided to adults 60 years and older with preference to those in greatest social and economic need, with particular attention to low income, minority and frail individuals. Five free 30-minute legal assistance sessions for seniors are available virtually or by telephone the week of September 14-18. Services offered by volunteer lawyers include: tenant rights, collection of money through small claims, creditor/ debtor rights, domestic relations issues, estate planning and probate issues. Lawyers meet with clients for free half-hour consultations. Seniors may retain volunteer lawyers to do additional legal work beyond the consultation for a fee if they choose. Call to the Council on Aging to schedule one of the limited number of free 30-minute appointments or to learn more about other options at 541-678-5483.

2020 Walk to End Alzheimer’s

Join others at 11 a.m. on Saturday, September 12 for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s Central Oregon. The world may look a little different right now, but one thing hasn’t changed: our commitment to ending Alzheimer’s. This year, Walk to End Alzheimer’s® is everywhere — on every sidewalk, track and trail. We won’t have a large in-person gathering — instead, we invite you to walk in small teams of friends and family while others in your community do the same. Because we are all still walking and fundraising for the same thing: a world without Alzheimer’s and all other dementia. Visit alz.org/walk to register today. Info: 503-416-0213.

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Sisters Habitat for Humanity’s Thrift Store, ReStore, and Construction sites need more volunteers! Are you interested? New Volunteer Orientations take place every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at noon in the Sisters Habitat office, upstairs at 141 W. Main Ave. CDC protocols are followed. RSVPs are required as space is very limited in the socially-distanced meeting room. Each person must wear a mask and sanitize their hands when entering the building. A mask will be provided if needed. Please contact Marie at marie@ sistershabitat.org or 541-549-1193 to save your spot.

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Letters of interest are being accepted for a volunteer position on the PASRD 3-member board of commissioners. Board members are appointed by the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners and serve 3-year terms. Applicants must be a resident and a registered voter of the district for at least 90 days at the time of appointment. Send applications to panoramicroads@gmail.com; or to PASRD, PO Box 1226, Sisters, OR 97759. The application deadline is November 1. Info: 541-549-1150.

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Step out on Parkinson’s disease, six feet apart, at this year’s Sole Support Central Oregon walk. Join Parkinson’s Resources of Oregon, Saturday, September 12 at Ponderosa Elementary in Bend between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. for a drive-thru event. Turn in donations, collect t-shirts Clippity Clop Fundraiser (earned by raising $100+), gather Clippity Clop To Snip ‘Em Off is other goodies, and get your a judged or non-judged trail ride car decorated! Then choose in Sisters on Saturday, September your own adventure by walking 19. The 10-mile course uses the one of our suggested 1k or Metolius-Windego trail loop out of Cow Camp. Your refundable (if 5k routes or select your own walk location! Share your Sole event is canceled due to wildfires Support weekend pics via social or COVID-19) fee of $45 helps media and help us in this giant Equine Community Resources step out on Parkinson’s. Your cover most of the costs of the time and fundraising supports annual spring low-cost Gelding local wellness and education Clinics. E.C.R. has gelded 50 programs for local patients and horses to date. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, only the Saturday ride families living with Parkinson’s. will be held, prizes will be delivered Registration is required at www. solesupport.org or 800-426-6806. to riders’ rig, no concessions and face coverings are required when Sponsor a Child social distancing is not possible. Hope Africa International, based Please register & pay online at in Sisters, has many children equinecommunityresources.org or awaiting sponsorship! For more at the event with correct change information go to hopeafricakids. required. Info: 541-214-8368. org or call Katie at 541-719-8727.

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Eckford were instrumental “boots on the ground” in getting the trail approved and built. They worked closely with Forest Service personnel to gain approval for the new trail and through that process ended up creating a bifurcated trail with north and south legs to avoid a wildlife habitat zone. The Forest Service engaged a Youth Conservation Corps crew to build about half of the trail while STA worked on approval to resume volunteer work during COVID. Once safety protocols were in place, STA

volunteers enthusiastically took to the work, finishing the trail and fine-tuning and signing the entire new section. The new trail exemplifies STA’s mission, “to connect people and communities to each other and their natural surroundings.” STA is a nonprofit organization whose volunteers maintain close to 200 miles of trails, including the Peterson Ridge Trail System. A free map of the local trails, produced by STA and supported by our local businesses, is available at the Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce, Sisters City Hall, and many businesses in Sisters. The new PRT trailhead and the PRT-Whychus Footbridge Tie Trail are included in the 2020-2021

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Kelly Rae Roberts watches as Karen Eland and Katie Daisy complete a mural on a building in Sisters’ Hood Avenue Arts District.

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friend and fellow muralist Karen Eland put the finishing touches on a new mural on the east side of the structure at the corner of West Hood Avenue and South Pine Street. By the next morning, visitors were already standing in front of the great gray owl at

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Celebrating Early years in Sisters the spirit of Central Oregon By Carol Moorehead Guest Columnist

Everyone who visits or moves to Central Oregon knows it’s a special place. The natural beauty and outdoor recreation opportunities attract the adventurous and inspire the artistic. A vibrant community has grown up in this region — diverse in background and outlook; entrepreneurial in spirit. That community has shown remarkable resilience in tough times. The Nugget is celebrating the bounty of the region with a new magazine-format publication entitled “Spirit of Central Oregon.” In-depth stories will reveal adventures, volunteer service, artistic endeavors, culinary explorations and other aspects of the true spirit of life in Central Oregon. The magazine will be inserted in The Nugget in mid-October, and distributed in locations across Central Oregon. It will also be distributed as a digital magazine. For information on the publication contact Vicki Curlett at 541-549-9941.

Seeing the recent Nugget article about the new Sisters Historical Museum reminded me of our history with Sisters. Though we cannot trace our heritage back to homesteaders, my husband and I moved to Sisters in September 1976 and things did look much different than today. Imagine a Sisters with no Ray’s supermarket or even Ace Hardware. It was before Sisters had a city sewer and developments like Tollgate, Crossroads, or Sage Meadow were only beginning to emerge. Cascade Avenue had few shops and our tiny library sat across the street and west of The Gallery Restaurant. The Gallery Restaurant had a payphone inside the vestibule, we used it often, especially that winter. We were just married and both had jobs in the area. No houses were immediately available to buy or rent. For two weeks, we camped beside Whychus Creek (then called Squaw Creek) and lived out of our 1969 Volkswagen van. Rod was in construction and I was working at Cloverdale School (part of the Redmond School District housing grades one through three). Rod could wear the same Levi’s day after day but I

needed to look clean and presentable for work. Seeking more than a splash in the creek, I made arrangements to rent a room at the Sisters Hotel. What is now the Sisters Restaurant/Saloon was truly a hotel at the time, with rooms upstairs. I booked the room in advance but when we arrived the next day after work, the doors were locked with no one around. A local passed by and told us we would likely find the proprietor at the local saloon. The B Bar B saloon was practically next door (what is now Rancho Viejo). Entering the dark, cavernous tavern, my eyes slowly adjusted. The carpet was nearly threadbare and stained, a layer of tobacco smoke filled my nostrils, spilled beer left a sticky sheen on the tables I passed. Peering through the dusky interior, I saw a few imbibers seated at the bar. Among them was the woman from whom I had rented a room. I hesitantly approached. To my relief, she recognized me, leaving the half-finished beer she motioned to the bartender to indicate she would be right back to finish her quaff. Once inside, our rented room looked clean enough and I was thrilled to see the claw-footed tub in the bathroom. With the anticipation of soaking in a tub of hot water,

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my body had already begun to relax. I soon found the exposed water pipes were a bit too close to the toilet seat and sustained a minor burn on my thigh. After filling the tub I lowered myself into the steaming water feeling the bliss of its warmth. About five minutes later my euphoria came to an abrupt end. There was a knock on the opposite door from where I had entered. A male voice asked me to let him know when I was done in the bathroom. Even with only one other guest in the establishment, the proprietor had rented the room next door sharing our bathroom. At first annoyed, I then marveled at her cleverness, there would be only one bathroom to clean. My respite disturbed, I quickly finished up and gave him a turn. The diversion I

sought was interrupted by having to share the facilities with a stranger. Well, at least we had the welcoming promise of a beautiful brass bed with its colorful handstitched coverlet to warm us and support our night’s dreams. But as Rod and I sought our repose and climbed into bed we both rolled to the middle of the well-used mattress. This was not turning out to be a pleasant and restful break from van camping. We looked at each other and with a sigh of disappointment shrugged our shoulders and removed ourselves from the clutches of the offending pallet. We had met the objective for cleanliness so we packed up our belongings and in the dark of night found our way back to our campsite, and a comfortable night’s sleep.

Why do people choose to build their lives in Central Oregon? The answers might surprise you! Is it the chance to let talent and passion soar in an entrepreneurial small business? Is it the bounty of locally grown fresh food and artisanal beverages? Is it the four-season climate, proximity and access (without the traffic) to other larger cities like Portland, Seattle, Boise and northern California? Is it the interesting life stories of neighbors? Is it the endless philanthropic opportunities? The short answer is probably a spirited quality of life, but there’s so much more to it than that.

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A word from Sisters Folk Festival Executive Director Crista Munro...

“Resilience”

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It’s only September, but if I had to choose a Word of the Year for 2020, it would be “Resilience.” How could it be anything else? Webster’s Dictionary defines resilience as “an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change,” and change we’ve had in spades this year. It would be all too easy to completely write off 2020 and the upheaval it has brought into our lives. But life is full of contradictions, and our current tribulations — while tragic — have also served a positive purpose by bringing the things that are the most important to us into wickedsharp focus. Before March of 2020, could any of us have imagined a spring without concerts or a summer without festivals? I know I couldn’t. But as the world learned more about COVID-19, including how it spreads and the havoc it can wreak on the human body, we sat and watched in utter shock as the plug was pulled one by one on so many of the things that bring us together in celebration of our shared humanity: sporting events; graduation and wedding ceremonies; live theater; and concerts of all sizes. These things we once took for granted became distant, fond memories seemingly overnight, even as we found ourselves needing them more than ever before to help ease our feelings of isolation. It’s been six months since the effects of COVID-19 began to be felt on our collective psyche, and, as humans will, we find ourselves venturing out of our shelters a little more in search of safe and innovative ways to experience these events that are so important, once again. We are looking for ways to feel connected to one another in real life and real time, and not just through the miracles of modern technology. With that in mind, the Sisters Folk

Festival staff and board are thrilled to present Close To Home 2, with four daily sets of live music from eight performers and groups from around our state and region at the Sisters Art Works outdoor venue Friday-Sunday, September 11-13. Sisters Folk Festival has been building a strong community through powerful shared experiences since 1995. This weekend would have been our 24th annual folk festival, but — like every other large gathering in Oregon — the event was postponed to 2021. Instead, this weekend we are bringing fewer artists and audience members together in our own backyard for a physically-distanced “mini-festival” that follows all of the protocols recommended by the Oregon Health Authority and Center for Disease Control. Each day’s attendance will be strictly capped at 250 people, including all event personnel and audience members. You won’t see people greeting their festival family with big bear hugs like they do in “normal” years. But inside the seating pods, there will be lots of toe-tapping and plenty of ear-to-ear grins in response to the sheer joy of being in the presence of live music after such an unimaginably long hiatus. We thank you for your continued support as the Sisters Folk Festival organization learns how to navigate as safely as possible in this new COVID reality, bringing audiences together to see, hear and feel the power of live music. We are reimagining what a live concert can be during this time, and finding ways to capture the energy of a live audience while broadcasting these performances to the world via the power of the Internet. We are evolving. We are surviving. We are resilient.

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Sisters Folk Festival has deep roots By Jodi Schneider Correspondent

An Indian poet once said, “The greatness of a culture can be found in its festivals,” and here in Sisters you don’t have to look far to find that greatness. Birthed 25 years ago, Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) had humble origins as a oneday music event with just a few hundred people attending at the Sisters MiddleHigh School (now the middle school). In 1995 the seed for the festival was planted when two local musicians, Dick Sandvik, then owner of Paulina Springs Books, and Jim Cornelius, then an employee at the bookstore, started kicking around ideas of how to figure out a way to extend the shoulder season by having an event that would bring people to town. Cornelius said, “There wasn’t a lot happening in Sisters after Labor Day and the tourist traffic dried up. The idea was to enhance economic vitality by bringing people to town later in the season. Originally the first couple of folk festivals were held at the end of September.”

Cornelius and Sandvik found common ground in their taste for music. “Jim and I discovered we liked the same kind of music,” explained Sandvik. “And we were not finding that kind of music anywhere here. You’d have to go to Portland to find it. It was what they call Americana now, but it was a blend of folk music and country and bluegrass and gospel. We played guitar together quite a bit and decided that we wanted to come up with a music event that served as a cultural purpose too. We thought a modest folk festival might have a chance to succeed.” Cornelius added, “We both really believed strongly in the power of music to bring people together.” They ran SFF out of the office of Paulinas Springs Books with Sandvik’s wife Diane Campbell at the helm behind the scenes. “We probably would have never succeeded, but for her,” Sandvik said. Sandvik said, “We purposely started very small because in part we didn’t know much, and we didn’t have a huge budget. We couldn’t bring in much

Sisters Folk Festival co-founders Dick Sandvik and Jim Cornelius. talent of national or even regional claim. So, we settled on a handful of artists.” Cornelius noted, “It was a one-day deal, and it was all regional artists.” The Sisters Sound Check Band, which inc luded Cornelius and Sandvik, along with Doug and Phyllis Sokol, opened the first event and Peter Yates, an Irish balladeer from Vancouver, Washington, was the headliner and closed the festival. Sandvik said, “We muddled along trying to get

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sponsors and talked to Ed Fitzjerral of Metabolic Maintenance — he still owns Metabolic Maintenance — and he said he would give us a thousand-dollar sponsorship for our festival if it would be used for a songwriting contest.” SFF incorporated a songwriting contest, publicized it and sent 200 flyers to music

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stores throughout the region. The festival received over 40 entries. Brad Tisdel, now the creative director for SFF, was one of the top-10 finalists. Sandvik said, “After the first festival, I got together with some friends, and they said ‘It was so simple, small and intimate, don’t change a thing.’ So, Jim and I changed everything the next year.” See DEEP ROOTS on page 13

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Dave Carter won the 1995 Sisters Folk Festival Songwriting Contest with his song “Gun-Metal Eyes.” The Festival helped launch Carter into a significant career in folk music before his untimely death in 2002.

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Cornelius added, “The second year we each booked one of our music heroes. We booked in Ian Tyson and Guy Clark. We took a big jump into nationally recognized artists. It wasn’t a regional festival anymore, which is a bold step.” Tisdel submitted the same song again the second year and became a finalist again. “I think that year I lost to a guy named Daryl Purpose,” Tisdel said, chuckling. He added, “In the mid to late ’90s, I was pursuing music pretty hard professionally, as a songwriter and a performer, and I was playing to make my living. I was living in Seattle and Portland kind of in between and doing gigs at Black Butte Ranch in the summertime where my folks had a place since we were kids.” Tisdel loved working with kids and had a consulting business, Creative Educational Resources. He attended SFF in 1997 and in 1998 he moved to Central Oregon. “I had already started working in the Sisters schools since I had lived part of that time in Black Butte Ranch in the mid ’90s,” he said. “I connected with Debbie Newport, former SFF board member, and we created an eighth-grade leadership retreat. Then I got involved with the sixth-grade outdoor school.” In 1999 the SFF organization took the year off after a financial loss. Cornelius noted, “I think both Dick and I realized

that we needed some people with expertise in developing a program and bringing in sponsorships.” Sandvik added, “We really needed to somehow tie the festival to the community. And it turns out the best way to do that is through education.” The organizers of SFF did some restructuring and Kathy Deggendorfer came on board. Cornelius noted, “Kathy was key in making things fly.” “The festival was on rocky ground,” Deggendorfer said. “I didn’t want to see it go away and decided to help with sponsorships after they had pretty much decided to shut the festival down.” Tisdel was approached by Deggendorfer and Sandvik with the idea of connecting the festival to the Sisters School District. He said, “They came up with the name of Americana Project and Dick’s hope was, and I think it was probably Jim’s influence too, a historical cultural perspective of roots music and what that means to society today.” In 2000 the first SFF poster image by Dennis McGregor was created, titled “Hands.” McGregor said, “That first poster featured a guitar with several hands on the neck. The neck was of Breedlove Guitars, newly sponsoring the festival. The body was an old Martin, belonging to Dick Sandvik, co-founder. The past and the future were symbolized, hopefully giving identity to

Storyteller Susan Strauss enthralled the audience at the first Sisters Folk Festival.

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the musical style the festival was featuring. The hands belonged to local friends, including Jim Cornelius and Valorie Wells Kennedy. The hands went from old to young, also symbolic of the music to be presented.” In 2002 Painted Strings was created, which was the genesis of My Own Two Hands (MOTH). Tisdel explained, “I was working with Kathy and we were trying to develop our ideas in the organization the best way possible. Painted Strings was a bunch of unplayable guitars that I had found at a place in Redmond, in a pawn shop. I bought them with the thought of fixing them up to let the students play. Kathy had just gotten back from the Albuquerque balloon festival and said, what if we took these and made them into art pieces and had kids as well as professional artists make them and then we’ll sell them.” The Festival has evolved with the expansion of many outreach programs. The local nonprofit supports The Americana Project, The Americana Song Academy, the Sisters Americana Community Luthier program, MOTH (a regional celebration of the arts and one of SFF’s largest fundraisers), The Song Academy for Youth and The Winter Concert Series. The SFF brings attention to the rich mix of arts and culture that can be found in Sisters throughout the entire year. Crista Munro, SFF executive director, told The Nugget, “One of the things that drew me to come to work for Sisters Folk Festival is the

amazing history of the organization — a 25-year history that was built over the years by a dedicated community of music lovers under the vision of a few key dedicated folks. “I love to stand in front of the wall in our building

where every festival poster is hung — 24 years’ worth of them. Seeing how the event has grown and evolved since 1995 provides the inspiration to forge a path forward that builds on and honors the festival’s history.”

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SFF programs shape lives in Sisters By Ceili Cornelius Correspondent

“Thanks to Sisters Folk Festival and the Americana Project I am an artist and a songwriter — but also a person of passion and purpose,” said SHS alum and artist, Laura Curtis. That is the impact the Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) has created for more than 25 years of its presence in the community, through influential and innovative programs, particularly within the Sisters schools. One of the most influential creations in the schools has been the Americana Project, an innovative music and arts education program with broad community outreach. The Americana Project works in collaboration with the Sisters School District to make the program available to all students of all ages. The program started in 2000 when Brad Tisdel, now creative director of SFF, who was working as an independent contractor with Creative Education Resources, LLC, collaborated with SFF and the Sisters School District to create and develop the program, bringing creativity into school environments. SFF board members Kathy Deggendorfer and Dick Sandvik wanted to create a program for the Sisters youth that ensconced them in music and culture in the school environment, connected to the Sisters Folk Festival. That became the Americana Project. Sandvik explained, “We wanted to somehow connect the community to the festival and we figured out that the way to do that was through education.” “We decided we wanted to focus on the youth and get them interested in

songwriting and teach that folk music can be contemporary,” said Deggendorfer. They worked with the schools superintendent at the time, Steve Swisher, to implement the curriculum in the Sisters schools. “Swisher was instrumental in allowing outside groups to come in and teach about folk music and songwriting and now it is taught in K-12,” Deggendorfer said. “One of the most influential things I’ve seen from it was a video testimonial from a student that said he would’ve dropped out of school if it hadn’t been for the Americana class,” said Sandvik. The festival hired Brad Tisdel to teach the class alongside Dennis McGregor who first taught guitar lessons. They both worked alongside Jody Henderson, the band instructor at the time, who came up with the curriculum and implemented it directly into the classroom. Sisters High School choir director and performer Rick Johnson — a singersongwriter himself — now teaches the Americana Project class. “The Americana Project and the Folk Festival was a perfect combo to allow us to be innovative and creative in how the school and the arts and the community can come together in a powerful way,” said Tisdel. The Americana Project attracted grant and foundation money to support the programs and the festival over the years. “It was a really great synergy linking the education with culture in the community,” said Sandvik. The Americana Project over the years has also created a song camp and a song academy for youth. Tisdel had seen the success of offering a master class outside of the

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The program serves as an umbrella of being engaged and to provide a home there for students.” — Brad Tisdel school environment through his experience working with the Rocky Mountain Folk Festival’s Song School. In 2002, the team created the Americana Song Academy. The song academy became a series of master classes for all ages, with classes taught by musicians from the community and artists coming for the Sisters Folk Festival. In 2004, Tisdel saw the need for a camp that was specifically for the youth — a way to come together and share music outside of the school. “It was really based on being able to come together and collaborate and not compete, but support one another,” said Tisdel. “It has also been beneficial to have the schools have a deep connection with a community nonprofit over the years. It is a really efficient way to access the musical community that has been curated in Sisters.” The Americana Project has been a powerful influence on a number of young musicians who are still pursuing music as a career. Madison Slicker, now known by her artist name Amava says: “I was a part of the Americana Project and Sisters Folk Festival from fifth grade up until my senior year… Being 23 now, living in Nashville, Tennessee, and still in the music industry, I truthfully cannot imagine where I would be now had it not been for the importance of music in the Sisters community. I definitely would not have pursued music and felt the passion I have for staying in

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the songwriting world.” There are many ways to be involved in the Americana Project that are not just focused on singer-songwriter performance. “Students can be involved in the tech aspect or create art for My Own Two Hands (the festival’s major fundraiser) and the program serves as an umbrella of being engaged and to

provide a home there for students,” said Tisdel. The Sisters Folk Festival strives year-round to bring connection to the arts and music in the schools and beyond. This year, the festival is especially trying to keep that message alive as people cannot gather together due to the coronavirus pandemic. As stated by their website: “SFF enriches lives through innovative music and arts education, programming and events that serve an inclusive, multi-generational community.”

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Over more than two decades, the Sisters Folk Festival has evolved from a small regional festival to an internationally-recognized celebration of the community-building power of music.

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Sisters Folk Festival stays ‘Close to Home’

Kristen Grainger &True North Jenner Fox Band

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Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 5-6 p.m. The Parnells 6:15-7:15 p.m. AJ Lee and Blue Summit 7:30-8:30 p.m. Thunderstorm Artis 8:45-10 p.m. Judith Hill

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 5-6 p.m. Kristen Grainger & True North 6:15-7:15 p.m. Thunderstorm Artis 7:30-8:30 p.m. John Craigie 8:45-10 p.m. Judith Hill 12-1 p.m. Jenner Fox Band 1:15-2:15 p.m. Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms 2:30-3:30 p.m. AJ Lee and Blue Summit 3:45-5:00 p.m. John Craigie

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including a week at No. 1. When Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms sing, their honest incantations leave a swirling cloud of magical sparkle smoke ’round our hearts, and we can spin off into the night, spellbound and smiling. Caleb Klauder’s rowdy and dynamic mandolin playing, and Reeb Willms’ unwavering rhythm guitar sound weave a beautiful fabric around their songs that proves joyous, timeless, and resilient. From Waterville, Washington, and the high desert, Reeb comes from a salt-of-the-earth farming family with a rough-and-tumble appreciation of simplicity and sings with a strong and quiet poise that cuts straight to the heart. Caleb comes from Orcas Island, in the Salish Sea in northwest Washington, where the windblown tall trees, and salt sea have burnished Klauder’s voice to a dusty heartbreaking patina. The two play and tour as a duo, and can also be found performing with the Foghorn Stringband and the Caleb Klauder Country Band. They are pillars of the Portland music scene and carry the torch of their music around the world.

The Parnells are an Americana/Country band from Bend, bringing a sexy, indie flare to the classic country sound. Powerful vocals, tight harmonies, and solid guitar playing drive their rootsy sound. They will perform as an acoustic duo with Corey and Whitney Parnell. Their compelling set is nostalgic and emotional. Jenner Fox comes from a family of river guides. He followed the family trade and released his first record (self titled) in 2015 to sell to rafting clients. Four records later, Fox calls Sisters home, travels from show to show on a cargo bike whenever possible, guides whitewater rivers all over the world, teaches music camps and searches for songs. “Jenner is a storyteller. His music is full of love, compassion, and curiosity,” said Lawson White of Good Child Records. “The characters are relatable because they’re real folks. His stories are sincere and draw you in because they’re your stories. His songs make it clear that he is a true listener and observer of the world around him, and will have you laughing one minute and crying the next, engaged with wide eyes and bated breath...start to finish.”

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Multi-instrumentalist, Grammy-awardwinning vocalist and songwriter Judith Hill has garnered much praise for her live performances as opener for the likes of her former collaborator and mentor, the late great Prince, and soul man John Legend, among many others. (See related story, page 20). John Craigie, considered a humorous storyteller, an accomplished lyricist, and yet a serious songwriter, will return to Sisters following up his acclaimed 2020 release “Asterisk the Universe.” (See related story, page 21.) Thunderstorm Artis became a household name in 2020 performing on season 18 of “The Voice,” earning top three honors and national recognition. Thunderstorm is a singer/songwriter born on the North Shore of Oahu and learned at a very young age to play piano, guitar, harp and percussion from his father, Ron Artis, and mother, Victoria. Ron was a Motown session player who played keyboards on Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” Victoria was also a member of the Motown family, touring as a vocalist with Lena Horne, and many other Motown greats. Thunderstorm’s music crosses many genres including folk, rock, soul and country. No matter what Thunderstorm sings or writes, he does it from his heart. Thunderstorm does not consider his music as notes on a page but rather a window into his heart. He believes that through his music he can make our world a better place by lifting the hearts of others. Thunderstorm Artis performed at the 2019 Sisters Folk Festival. AJ Lee and Blue Summit, a bluegrass band led by singer, songwriter, and mandolinist, AJ Lee, has been the darling of the North Bay, California bluegrass scene since their first appearance in Santa Cruz. Drawing from influences such as swing, folk, blues, jazz, country, soul, and rock, their undeniable talent and insatiable passion for bluegrass hearkens back to traditional classics while remaining uniquely modern. They’ve accrued many devout followers and distinctions including the Freshgrass 2019 Band Contest Winner, IBMA 2019 Momentum Vocalist of the Year, second place at the 2019 Winfield Guitar Competition, and numerous awards in northern California. In 2019, AJ Lee and Blue Summit came out with their debut album, “Like I Used To,” which consists entirely of AJ’s original songs. Bluegrass-leaning Americana quartet Kristen Grainger & True North is a powerhouse of award-winning original songs, lush vocals, and crazy-good instrumentalists, Dan Wetzel (guitar), Josh Adkins (bass) and Martin Stevens (fiddle, mandolin, octave mandolin). On stage, the band delivers Grainger’s storied songwriting with mindblowing vocal harmonies and mad instrument skills of a band deeply rooted in folk and bluegrass genres. Kristen Grainger’s songs have won or been a finalist at some of the nation’s most prestigious songwriting contests such as Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Merlefest, Kerrville Folk Festival and Wildflower! Art & Music Festival. The band’s 2018 release, “Open Road, Broken Heart,” debuted at No. 1 on the national folk charts and “Elsebound,” released in 2014, spent 25 weeks in the top 10,

The Parnells

Sisters Folk Festival’s physically-distanced concert set for September 11-13 will feature performances by noted Pacific Northwest and West Coast artists... sticking close to home.

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AJ Lee and Blue Summit

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Sisters Folk Festival stays ‘Close to Home’

Kristen Grainger &True North Jenner Fox Band

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Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 5-6 p.m. The Parnells 6:15-7:15 p.m. AJ Lee and Blue Summit 7:30-8:30 p.m. Thunderstorm Artis 8:45-10 p.m. Judith Hill

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Judith Hill

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Sisters Folk Festival’s physically-distanced concert set for September 11-13 will feature performances by noted Pacific Northwest and West Coast artists... sticking close to home.

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AJ Lee and Blue Summit

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Art is hands-on in festival programs By Ceili Cornelius Correspondent

The Luthier Program at Sisters High School is an offshoot of Sisters Folk Festival’s Americana Project. A luthier is a craftsperson who builds and repairs string instruments. It’s become a favorite class at Sisters High School. “Building my own guitar was so memorable. The process was so much fun from start to finish and it was so rewarding to see the finished product,” said student guitar builder Rylee Funk. In 2005, woods teacher Tony Cosby wanted to create a class where students would have the opportunity to build an instrument. After the first year of the class, the Americana Project and Sisters Folk Festival provided some funding to keep the class going. The grant and foundation funding helped to buy supplies to build the instruments. The pre-requisite for the class is the Woodworking I class where students first learn to build an Adirondack chair. They can then move on to the next term of the class, Woodworking II.

In Woodworking II, students work throughout the whole trimester constructing guitars or ukuleles. Working with the help of one of the best luthiers in the Northwest, Jayson Bowerman (Breedlove Guitars), they have been able to produce 30 guitars per year. An additional class has been building ukuleles for the past 11 years, until the passing of Bill MacDonald, who was the primary instructor on building the ukuleles. Bill, who was hired by SFF, and his students also worked with David Perkins and Marcy Edwards on building ukuleles, but with changes in their lives, the class primarily builds guitars now. “There is something about starting with just a pile of lumber and then constructing something that plays music for these students I see as very transformative. It is almost like birthing a child — you work so hard to create something beautiful,” said Cosby. “I’m so glad that I had the opportunity to do something so special that will stay with me forever,” said Funk. Adult volunteers come in and give their time every

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day during the class to assist students with the construction of their guitars. Those volunteers include Kerry Bott, Gabrielle Franke, Bob Lawton, Jim Naibert, Betsy Forrest Robb, and Ed Fitz. At the end of the class every year, the students hold a Luthier showcase where they learn a song together led by Brad Tisdel, Creative Director of the Sisters Folk Festival. It is a place where the students can show off their creation of the year to their classmates and parents. Some years, a student creates a guitar for the community arts fundraiser event,

My Own Two Hands. The fundraiser is vital to the continuation of the festival’s work. The Luthier Program and Americana Project are all made possible by community support of the arts in education. “We get to see firsthand the difference a music, visual arts, or dance education opportunity can make in a child’s life. These opportunities are no longer available in most public schools,” said Steven Remington, SFF development director. Every year, artists from around the community donate items for the auction

fundraiser that is usually a party event at Ponderosa Forge. This year, due to COVID-19 restrictions, the auction went virtual, where patrons could bid on the donated art online. SFF also put on a livestream concert event on the Saturday of the fundraiser weekend featuring performances from David Jacobs-Strain and Beth Wood, and never-before-seen videos of musicians from the festival filmed in the past year. The event proved to be a success, helping to keep programs going in the schools and throughout the community.

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Judith Hill to make Sisters debut at Close to Home 2 By Ceili Cornelius Correspondent

Judith Hill is known for her soulful lyrics and powerhouse voice. She has been praised by Rolling Stone for her “stellar powerhouse vocals.” “In addition to penning and performing her own material, Judith — who wrote her first song at age 4 — has backed such artists as Stevie Wonder and the late Michael Jackson,” her website notes. Hill was originally going to be a part of the 2020 lineup of the Sisters Folk Festival but will now be featured in the smaller sociallydistanced festival concert event, Close to Home 2. Judith Hill grew up surrounded by music. She was born into a musical family: Both her parents were musicians. Hill grew up listening to a lot of soul and R&Bstyle music whose influence can be heard in her music. Hill attended Biola University in California and got a degree in composition. “After college I went around gigging with my

own music and singing and worked with other musicians on the road,” she said. Before his death, she worked on Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” tour as his duet performer and sang during his memorial service. Hill’s passion is bringing music to people as well as writing music that inspires. For Hill, that inspiration comes from having an emotional experience and moment that can only be described in a song. “It is the ultimate high when a song perfectly describes an emotion or a feeling that nothing else can,” she said. Hill writes story songs and enjoys finding a good groove. “It is exciting when you find a good groove on the piano and guitar and then I write the music from there,” she said. “The range of my musical influence goes from soul, to classic rock, to funk flavoring here and there, but it all sounds pretty soulful.” A few years back, Hill was a contestant on the hit

competition show “ The Voice.” For Hill, the experience was really enjoyable and, she said, “just fun.” “I made a lot of cool fr iends and the show sort of feels like a summer camp with everyone always together working on songs and music with their coaches,” she said. Hill was a part of Adam Levine’s team and was eliminated before the finale of the show but still counts it as a valuable and fun experience. “It was really cool to see how you are perceived by others on a competition show like this and it helped me to grow,” she said. During the coronavirus pandemic, Hill has been keeping busy with studio projects and writing a wide variety of songs over the past few months. “I have been in the studio a lot and working on new music,” she said. Hill has done a few virtual shows, but they aren’t the same for her as she is used to interacting with the audience. “The Zoom concert is not

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like a stage, at all. It is more intimate in a way, but it is different,” she said. Hill is planning on coming out with new music in the near future including singles and a new full-length album that is in the works. Her European and U.S. tour dates were either postponed or canceled for the foreseeable future until at least 2021. Hill was slotted to play the festival this year, but is now a part of the modified, socially-distanced folk festival event, Close to Home 2. She has played Portland

before, but has never been to Central Oregon. “I love Oregon and I am very happy to be able to connect with people and share music together again for this event,” she said. Tickets to the live event are sold out, but SFF will be broadcasting a high-quality livestream. Access is $30, and money raised will help support the nonprofit during COVID-19. Sociallydistanced watch parties encouraged! To sign up for access, go to https://cth2 livestream.eventbrite.com.

September 30. Purchasers will get an email with instructions on how to access the show, each buyer will have a unique, unshareable code to enter to access the stream. Each day, viewers will log in to the livestream with the unique code to view the performances for that evening. It will be a private, embedded Vimeo-hosted video that they can maximize to their screen, share to smart TVs, etc. “This time around, we’re really excited to have the support of the Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce to help deliver this programming to the SFF community, wherever they may be,” said Munro. The Sisters Chamber is a presenting sponsor for the

livestream, and some of their television commercial spots about Sisters will be running during set breaks throughout the weekend furthering Sisters’ exposure beyond the community itself. “Livestreaming is something we never thought we’d get into, but feel it’s currently a useful technology to serve our faithful fans as well as grow our audience for the future,” said Ehle. The livestream event will begin the first day of the festivities, Friday, September 11, and run through the entire weekend. Watch live or anytime before September 30. Access to the livestream is just $30 for all three days. For information, a broadcast schedule, or to purchase access, visit https://cth2 livestream.eventbrite.com.

Livestreaming Close to Home 2 By Ceili Cornelius Correspondent

Viewers around the world will get a taste of roots music from Sisters this weekend. SFF is putting on a live concert event — and a livestream of the event — on the weekend of the original 2020 festival dates, September 11-13. The concert is called Close to Home 2. Close to Home 2 will be a socially-distanced outdoor concert at the Sisters Artworks venue. Performers on the bill for the weekend include: Judith Hill; John Craigie; Thunderstorm Artis; AJ Lee & Blue Summit; Kristen Grainger & True North; Jenner Fox Band; Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms; and Central Oregon’s own, The Parnells. Each day will be a different variation of these artists. (See daily lineup on page 16.) “The Close to Home concerts are meant to be that, attracting fans from the area as well as music artists that don’t need to fly or travel real far,” said SFF Operations Manager Dave Ehle.

Not only is the festival putting on a live concert event in person, they are also providing a high-quality livestream for the event. Working with Keith Banning from Grange Recorders on the sound engineering, viewers can expect to hear every note of every artist’s song. Brian Cash of Alpine Internet will provide highquality video resolution with different camera angles to enable viewers to feel as if they are at the event. “Both Close to Home concerts that we’ve done this year sold out very quickly, so we know there’s a pentup demand for live music right now,” said Executive Director Crista Munro. “We also know that there are a lot of people who feel very connected to the Sisters Folk Festival all over the country — and world — that can’t be here in person, and it was important to us that we create an opportunity to include them, too.” “ With COVID, we’re not wanting to encourage travel from outside the area, and attendance numbers are limited,” said Ehle. “Given

that, providing a livestream gives our wider Folk Festival audience an opportunity to participate in addition to expanding our audience to wide-reaching places so folks can see what we do, as well as support the artists through greater exposure as their livelihoods have been seriously impacted.” The Festival has had significant success providing livestream events. “We proved with our first two live streamed events — My Own Two Hands in May and the first Close to Home concert on August 1 — that we have the brain trust right here in Sisters to be able to put out a professionallyproduced broadcast to the world,” said Munro. “We’re proud of what we’ve reimagined for live concerts, given the state requirements and health considerations, and think we’re doing it in an innovative and safe way,” said Ehle. Patrons can purchase the livestream access for $30, which gives access to the whole weekend’s worth of performances. It will be available for viewing until

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John Craigie makes return to Sisters By Ceili Cornelius Correspondent

Portland-based artist, John Craigie, is returning to the Sisters stage for the Sisters Folk Festival Close to Home 2 event — on the weekend that the festival would normally have been held. The second weekend in September, SFF is offering a second small concert event, after the first Close to Home socially-distanced concert event on August 1 proved a success. John Craigie was most recently on the Sisters stage for the 2019 Winter Concert Series. “I have always loved that part of Oregon and I am excited to be back again,” said Craigie. Craigie played the Sisters Folk Festival once before in 2014 when he was first making an impact on the music scene. Craigie grew up in Los Angeles and got his first guitar when he was young but didn’t start seriously playing until he was in college at UC Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, California. “While I was at college I was playing small open mics and really beginning to write and perform,” he said. Craigie was studying math on a path to become a math teacher, but that proved to not be his forte. “I graduated with that degree but after an unsuccessful teaching job, I decided to go out on the road and truly pursue music,” he said. At the time, he was based north of the San Francisco Bay and was doing small tours in the area, playing anywhere that would take him — coffee shops, house shows — and over time, he built up a following. S ince then, Craigie moved up to the Portland area and has released many albums and EPs over the years. Craigie has been described as a “modernday troubadour” in the style of Woody Guthrie and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott. His music and performance style has been compared to John Prine, and Mitch Hedberg, with influences of Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie. Craigie’s inspiration for his songs comes from life experiences. “I write a lot about human interactions and life

events and stories I hear out on the road touring,” he said. Craigie is very much into camping and adventures, but has never thought of himself as being a songwriter about nature and the world around him. “I never thought of myself as a John Denvertype writing a song about a waterfall, it would have to be about a person with this waterfall,” he said. Out on the road is where Craigie gets the most inspiration for his songs, but during these times of musical performances being on hold, he has had to adapt. During the pandemic, with touring not happening, Craigie has taken a more relaxed approach to his writing and “recording in a relaxed way without any pressure, when normally this is a really hectic time, I am able to slow down,” he said. Craigie has also been taking this time to connect with fans and respond to the many messages he has gotten and never been able to respond to. “ I ’ve been chec king those neglected inboxes and reaching out to my fans and responding back,” he said. Craigie has done a few livestream shows from his home in Portland, but it is not his preferred medium of performance. “It is not my favorite because I am such a storyteller songwriter that interacts with the audience, so I’ve really been trying to focus on the writing,” he said. This summer Craigie has also been able to get out and camp a lot more than he usually can during the summer touring months. In June of this year, Craigie released his most recent record, “Asterisk the Universe.” The record was named after the title of his math graduate thesis. “It was about infinity and about the notion that has to do with modern faith in the fact that we do believe in infinity but it is a concept that is broad so there is an asterisk on our idea of the universe as a whole,” he said. Craigie recorded the album with a full band to enhance the listening experience, but he usually tours and plays solo to emphasize the storytelling aspect. Craigie is looking forward to performing some of these new songs during his

sets at the Close to Home 2 event. “I am just excited to perform in general; this will be the first regular type of performance with an audience and other musicians in five months,” he said. “I am thankful to Sisters for putting this together safely and to have the opportunity to perform again.” For more information, visit the Sisters Folk Festival on Instagram and Facebook as well as their website at www.sistersfolkfestival.org.

“I am thankful to Sisters for putting this together safely and to have the opportunity to perform again.” — John Craigie

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How did it acquire its current, semi-sarcastic meaning — the kind accompanied by a rueful shake of the head, a sigh of exasperation, or a belly-laugh of disbelief? I found a reference in “Patriotic Sketches of Ireland,” published in 1807. Here’s a little context for the time: settlers from Great Britain had confiscated lands belonging to the inhabitants of the isle of Éire (a.k.a. Éireann or Ireland). Many of Ireland’s Indigenous people and their Irish-Norman descendants had little choice but to become peasants on what used to be their own land. They often lived on scraps and potatoes, forfeiting their labor and the land’s bounty to their English and Anglo-Irish overlords. The English tried to break the spirit of the Irish, expunge their culture, eradicate their language, and convert the majority Catholics to Protestantism. “Patriotic Sketches” was written in Connaught by Lady Morgan, a.k.a. Miss Owenson. Perhaps because her father was Irish Catholic, she showed compassion toward the poor wretches in her writing. Condescension, too. She described “the lower Irish, passionately fond of dress, and without the means of gratifying their dominant passion” decked themselves out in “ornamental finery” on Sundays.

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Taking the Cake Word on the street is this: Readers urgently want to know whether expressions like “cakewalk” and “taking the cake” are racist or not. It’s nice to know you guys are reading my column. But the answer isn’t a simple yes/no. A few weeks ago we talked about how mid-19th century slaves in this country performed cakewalks for their owners. After Emancipation, cakewalks were performed at minstrel shows, influencing the development of American social dance and the lindy hop. But guess what? “Taking the cake” goes back to waaaay before the atrocity of American slavery. It symbolized victory back in Ancient Greece.

Wednesday, September 9, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon During the working week they were “worse clothed than the poorest mendicant in England.” Their food on Sundays seldom rose beyond “the accustomed potatoes and milk,” she writes, but “some few halfpence are always spared to purchase the pleasures which the Sunday cake bestows.” The Irish would then erect a distaff, a kind of long pole used in the woolspinning process, in the middle of a field. On top of this they’d place “a large flat cake: this cake is the signal of pleasure, and becomes the reward of talent. The young and old of both sexes, for miles round the neighbourhood, hasten to enjoy the pleasures of the cake, which is sometimes carried off by the best dancer, and sometimes by the archest wag of the company.” What the Sam Hill is an arch wag? Well, he’d be a jokester, probably a bold and clever fellow with a mischievous streak. I bet he’d arch his eyebrow knowingly as he filched the cake right under everyone’s noses. Some would shake their heads in disapproval; others would laugh and clap at his derring-do. This waggishness was part of the tradition. Thus the gosh-durn-it feeling behind “Well, that just takes the cake!” (Owenson also describes the old expression of paying

the piper. A short distance from the cake-on-a-stick sits the piper, “who is always seated on the ground with a hole dug near him, into which the contributions of the assembly are dropt… At the end of every jig, the piper is paid by the young man who dances it.”) So whose cakewalk is it? Who takes the cake — or a piece of it? The Greeks? The Irish? African-Americans? As a descendant of both the “lower Irish” and the English who displaced them, as a descendant of both African slaves and white slave owners… I honestly don’t know. I do know that many people of color are asking white and mostly-white folks like myself to “do your research” these days. We know there’s racism, we want to help; often, we want friends, acquaintances, and leaders of color to do all the work. Tell us what to say. Educate us about racism. We’ll just

sit here and look woke. For me? Becoming a true anti-racist ally is going to take a lot of work. I’ve done some of that work over the decades, but recent events made me realize I have a long way to go. In this case, I literally did the research after finding “cakewalk” on a CNN cheatsheet of potentially offensive words. You could say I wasted hours on this. But it was incredibly valuable. I learned about the twisted subtleties of slavery and the daring humor of the oppressed. I saw clearly how my brutalized ancestors brought a culture of brutality to the Americas with them. Watching antique film footage of African American cakewalks, reading details about Irish ones, I felt a great surge of warmth toward humanity. Yes, we conquer and enslave. Somehow, we also find joy in the most miserable of circumstances.

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vote twice. In my mind, for the Commanderin-Chief to disparage those who have given so much to our country and to blatantly undermine our system of democracy is tantamount to treason. Bill Kemp

To the Editor: Thank you to The Nugget for providing updates on your website regarding the Green Ridge Fire. It is so comforting to not have to wait for the TV broadcasts. Good job, as always, when disaster strikes Sisters Country. Pat Riddle

To the Editor: Recently, many people have been protesting and rioting over videos of Black folks killed by the police. We’ve seen the corner of our town littered with hypocrites claiming BLM, rather than All Lives Matter. Where was the outrage and protest over Mr. Mays death? (Editor’s note: Edwin Mays died of an apparent methamphetamine overdose in custody in December 2014. Video showed deputies appearing to mock Mays’ behavior. The sheriff’s office paid $1.025 million in a settlement with Mays’ family and instituted changes to jail procedures). No Deschutes County deputy was fired over this incident and the most severe discipline imposed by Sheriff Nelson was a demotion. Absolutely disgusting those deputies were not terminated or charged. The Washington Post death-by-cop database asserts that in the five-year period between 2015 and 2019 more white people died by police action than all brown and Black folks combined. Where was the outrage and protest of all those deaths? While I believe the current outrage is justified; it’s misplaced. The outrage needs to be directed at the lack of transparency and accountability of the police, because All Lives Matter. Any complaint filed against a judge or district attorney is a matter of public record and the adjudication of that complaint is a matter of public record; as it should be. Until the police are held to the same standard, their excessive force and acts of brutality will continue. Does the public realize when a complaint is filed against a cop the adjudication of that complaint is regularly withheld from the public and the citizen filing the complaint? No wonder the cops feel empowered to assault or kill the citizens. We must demand the same transparency for the police that is already in place for the rest of the law enforcement community. Otherwise, our streets will and should stay ablaze. Tyson Sakagawa

To the Editor: Amidst the deluge of recent events, I seek to find what it is that Trump is trying to distract us away from this time. Here’s one: Trump is again trying to fool us by bankrupting the sacred obligations of Social Security and Medicare — programs that keep our country civilized instead of Third World. He has tried and failed twice before to eliminate payroll taxes, while saying “I won’t cut Social Security and Medicare programs.” Sneaky. It is the payroll tax that funds Social Security and Medicare! He’ll just starve the programs. It is this payroll tax that the corporate CEOs, who funded his campaign, want cut! It was noteworthy to me that this was the only policy he touted at his

convention last week. It should be noteworthy to you that the personal impacts would be felt by us and our communities by this time next year. Here’s another. He reiterates his vow to protect those with preexisting conditions while at the same time his administration fights in court to eliminate Obamacare, which would leave everyone just hanging without a replacement plan, and without coverage for preexisting conditions! This is called “bait and switch” to achieve “quid pro quo.” This is reality: if we don’t end this administration and flip the Senate, then you or people you care about will be in desperate financial and medical trouble, and we will see a serious deterioration of communities, other than those elite one percenters who funded Trump’s campaign. He is a master at getting people to vote against their self-interests. But now we know, and friends don’t let friends be fooled. Please tell your friends nationwide to vote on paper, not electronically; vote as soon as possible, versus on November 3; and if possible, take their ballots to the election offices rather than mailing them, because the stakes are too high. Monica Tomosy

To the Editor: In response to your column “Why is preschool so important?” in your August 26 paper. You said research shows that children started in preschool “pursued higher education, and earned high salaries.” I don’t believe it’s necessary to send them off to preschool to achieve this. (Not that this is the ultimate goal for our children’s lives) This debatable research puts a societal pressure on families to send their children off to school perhaps all too soon. I’d like to know what kind of research could be provided of children educated from home. I don’t say these things against the loving educators in the preschools. Nor do I shame the families that are in a situation where they need the extra help of the preschool. This is for the parents who question. The parents whose hearts ache as they drop their children off at preschool because society tells them they know what is best for their littles. This is for the parents who might need an encouragement that they CAN educate their children! They know and love their child more than any teacher could. Slow down! Enjoy their childlike ways. Let them wonder at the world. Take them onto your lap, cuddle and read. Focus on your needs as a family. Build a connection of love and compassion with your child — it will be a foundation as the years go on. Do what you feel is best for your family, and do it with confidence that you have what it takes! Holly Richardson Homeschooling Mom of four young children

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To the Editor: I do appreciate Veterans Park. The park is rather small and the park could be bigger when people realize that veterans need recognition. There is a large lot that could be included without expanding the city boundary. Veterans are important in the community. There are many veterans that work in wildland and other work. Veterans aren’t a pageant. Veterans are honorable. It would be respectful to have more trees. The plants that used to be in this area would require less work to have long term. Michelle Ruebush

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couple of years may be taken Thursday, September 10. The Sisters Planning Commission will hear a request from the owners of a large portion of the Forest Service property along Pine Street to change the zoning on the property to allow for residential development. The applicant is requesting approval of a Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment to redesignate the property and a zone change from Public Facilities, Urban Area Reserve, and Open Space to Multi-Family Residential, North Sisters Business Park, Open Space and Downtown Commercial. The special meeting will be held September 10, at 5:30 p.m., in the Sisters City Council Chambers and can be accessed by the public through Zoom (links available at https://

www.ci.sisters.or.us/bc-pc/ page/planning-commissionspecial-meeting). Written public comment can be submitted for the record to nmardell@ci.sisters.or.us or dropped in the utility mail drop by 4 p.m. on Thursday, September 10. Sisters planning staff has recommended approval of the request, with conditions. The staff report may be accessed at the link above. Kevin Eckert of Build LLC is designing the development of 31 acres of land along Pine Street and Highway 20 for Paul Hodge and Paul and Carla Schneider of Sisters, who purchased the property that was formerly part of the U.S. Forest Service administrative site. Eckert told The Nugget last June that, “they just saw an opportunity for positive growth.” Hodge, who is CEO of Laird Superfood, has long been an advocate for workforce housing that will allow people who work for a paycheck in Sisters to live in Sisters.

Wednesday, September 9, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Eckert said that the Sisters Woodlands development, bounded by Pine Street, West Barclay Drive, and Highway 20 (see map) will feature “cottage development” of approximately 1,500 square feet each utilizing shared open space, townhomes and home-over-garage units, and apartment or condominiumstyle units along Highway 20 with a significant setback from the road. Eckert said that the cottage development plan will allow the preservation of somewhere around 200 trees. Eckert told The Nugget that he’s been traveling in the West this summer and seen the pressures placed on small towns by people seeking a change in lifestyle. “We need it more than ever,” Eckert said. “We need to rally as a town to keep Sisters affordable.” The fastest possible timeline to put shovels in the ground on the development is late summer 2021. The Forest Service Sisters Ranger District Headquarters will remain where it is now

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Thirty-one acres of property now occupied by the Sisters Ranger District administrative site could be converted into residential use if the planning commission approves a zone change. located, but new facilities will be built. According to Sisters District Ranger

Ian Reid, that project, too, will begin at the earliest in 2021.

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the help of current editor, Nicole Vulcan and her team. Incredibly, I’m still getting responses for stories I wrote decades ago that have gone out into the vast worldwide Internet. All these patient caring people (and so many more I took the time to listen to) have made me what my grandfather called, “A Success.” During the early part of World War II I’d go with him in his horse drawn wagon from the farm we lived on into the town of West Haven, Connecticut, where we would sell produce and dairy products. One afternoon I happened to come upon him sitting at the kitchen table counting the money we collected on that day’s trip. As I approached him he looked up with a bunch of coins in his hand, smiled and said, “By golly, Jimmy I’m a success; I’m doing what I want to do, doin’ it the best I can and gettin’ paid for it.” And that, dear readers,

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became my goal in life. But now, although I still have a lot more stories in my head and heart, I’m preparing to leave my home here of many years and with my wife of nearly 50 years, join our son, Caleb, and his family over in Eugene, where sooner or later, I’ll go out among the stars. So long, dear readers, I’ve sure enjoyed our time together. Thanks for all you’ve taught me and I hope we’ll meet again somewhere pleasant and relive the wonderful times we’ve shared on this grand old Earth, our home away from Home.

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Trailhead changes for Whychus fish project The Whychus Trailhead off Forest Road 16 south of Sisters will be closed to allow for construction of a project to improve fish passage in the area. The Whychus Trail will remain accessible. The trailhead closure began on September 8 and will end on October 30. The closure is for public safety and to allow heavy equipment to operate safely in the project area. A temporary parking lot and trailhead is located 500 feet southwest of the closed trailhead. A temporary trail has been constructed to provide access to the Whychus Trail. Eastbound hikers will be directed to use the temporary trail to the temporary parking lot and asked not to enter the construction area. The Plainview Fish Passage project will create an irrigation diversion fish screen, install a pipeline and remove a dam. The screening is being done to keep redband

trout and steelhead from entering an irrigation ditch. The dam removal will allow fish to access habitat in upper Whychus Creek. Plainview ditch is not currently screened and allows redband trout and steelhead to enter the ditch and not return to Whychus Creek. The dam that pushes water into the ditch is an upstream fish migration barrier. A new fish screen will be installed, a pipe will be installed to carry some of the water, and the dam will be removed. Gravel, boulders and logs will be placed in the section of Whychus Creek to stabilize the channel after dam removal. According to the Forest Service, the project supports Chinook salmon and steelhead trout reintroduction into the upper Deschutes Basin. The project also helps to protect native redband trout.

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C L A S S I F I E D S 101 Real Estate

Charming A-Frame Cedar Cabin on Big Lake Road. Willamette National Forest Service Land Lease, quarter mile from Hoodoo Ski Area. 600 sq. ft. main floor, 270 sq. ft. sleeping loft. Full kitchen, wood-burning stove, electric lights. Fully furnished. Cabin updates completed in summer of 2018 with new double-pane windows, skylight, new outdoor stairs and metal fire skirt. Price: $160,000. 503-358-4421 or vabreen@gmail.com THE NUGGET NEWSPAPER Your Local News Source! www.nuggetnews.com Breaking News / Road Reports Weather / Letters / Blog

102 Commercial Rentals

CASCADE HOME & VACATION RENTALS Monthly and Vacation Rentals throughout Sisters Country. (541) 549-0792 Property management for second homes. CascadeVacationRentals.net In the Heart of Sisters 3 Vac. Rentals – Quiet 1-2 Bdrm Sleep 2-6, start at $145 per nt. vrbo.com/442970 or /180950 or /337593 • 503-730-0150

107 Rentals Wanted

Small home, cabin, or guest house. Retired/single. Impeccable references. Call Tom 541-771-4238. Older gentleman wants to rent in Sisters: Small house or condo, furnished or unfurnished, 1-3 BRs, garage; Sept. to May or June, (M) 503-290-4521.

204 Arts & Antiques Shop Online! chaforthefinest.com Old Navajo Rug 3' x 4' Spinning wheel w/sheep feet legs Arrowhead collection from NM, sorted, labeled & ready to sell Prehistoric button collection Materials for craftsman/knife makers: Fossil walrus ivory and beautiful old bone Trade beads–strands or individual Private Showings by Appt. Call Cha at 541-549-1140

205 Garage & Estate Sales

HUGE GARAGE SALE TOLLGATE - carnival glass household items - U of O items brand new sport samples (caps and coats) - fabric - Christmas in September and much more. 69435 LASSO. FRI. & SAT 9-4. HUGE GARAGE SALE! One day only - Saturday, Sept. 12, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Men’s cross-country ski gear, women’s brand new alpine ski boots, photography tripods and lighting equipment, housewares, artwork, tools, bike rack and MORE. Located at 14520 Mountain View Loop in the Crossroads development off Hwy. 242. Happy Trails Estate Sales! Selling or Downsizing? Locally owned & operated by... Daiya 541-480-2806 Sharie 541-771-1150

Ground-floor suite, 290 sq. ft. 201 For Sale 581 N Larch St. Available now, Almost-new HiSense $325/month. Call 541-549-1086. free-standing portable AC. MINI STORAGE Easily cools 1-2 rooms. Simple Sisters Storage & Rental installation. $300. 360-771-7774 331 W. Barclay Drive New leather sewing machines. 541-549-9631 Cowboy Outlaw, $1,295 each. Sizes 5x5 to 15x30. 7-day access. Call 503-843-2806, text for pics. Computerized security gate. FREE LASERJET PRINTER On-site management. HP LaserJet 5200 (black and U-Haul trucks, trailers, moving white laser printer), plus two boxes & supplies. 16A cartridges. STORAGE STEEL Stop by The Nugget to look at CONTAINERS or pick up. FOR RENT OR SALE TOO MUCH STUFF? Delivered to your business or Advertise your excess property site with an ad in The Nugget! Call 541-678-3332 301 Vehicles STORAGE WITH BENEFITS We Buy, Sell, Consign Quality • 8 x 20 dry box Cars, Trucks, SUVs & RVs ~ • Fenced yard, RV & trailers Call Jeff at 541-815-7397 • In-town, gated, 24-7 Sisters Car Connection da#3919 Kris@earthwoodhomes.com SistersCarConnection.com HEATED GARAGES Leases, Private, 24-hr. Access, 401 Horses Hot-wash Room, Bath, Lounge. Certified Weed-Free HAY. Jack At 541-419-2502. Orchard Grass or Alfalfa Hay, Prime Downtown Retail Space Sisters. $275 per ton. Call Lori at 541-549-7132 Call 541-548-4163 Find Hope in God’s Character Cold Springs Commercial Transformed by God’s Nature ALFALFA Office space for lease. The Place Daily readings accompanied by TRITICALE on Main. 101 Main Ave. in beautiful illustrations explore the MEADOW GRASS HAY Sisters. Three spaces available. attributes of God as revealed in ORCHARD GRASS HAY Scripture. Readers are $575/month and up. Call Ralph New crop. No rain. Barn stored. 541-390-5187 encouraged to know God more 3-tie bales. $195-$250/ton. Hwy. deeply and be spiritually 126 & Cline Falls. 541-280-1895 CASCADE STORAGE (541) 549-1086 • (877) 540-1086 transformed in the midst of trials 403 Pets and suffering. Available at 581 N. Larch – 7-Day Access LogBridgeBooks.com, Amazon Bend Spay & Neuter Project 5x5 to 12x30 Units Available & Paulina Springs Books, Sisters. Providing Low-Cost Options for 5x5 - 8x15 Climate Control Units Spay, Neuter and more! On-site Management 202 Firewood Go to BendSnip.org SISTERS FOREST PRODUCTS 103 Residential Rentals or call 541-617-1010 DAVE ELPI – FIREWOOD PONDEROSA PROPERTIES Three Rivers Humane Society • SINCE 1976 • –Monthly Rentals Available– Where love finds a home! See the Doug Fir – Lodgepole – Juniper Call Debbie at 541-549-2002 doggies at 1694 SE McTaggart DRIVE-IN WOOD SALES Full details, 24 hrs./day, go to: in Madras • A No-kill Shelter – 18155 Hwy. 126 East – PonderosaProperties.com Go to ThreeRiversHS.org SistersForestProducts.com Printed list at 221 S. Ash, Sisters or call 541-475-6889 Order Online! 541-410-4509 Ponderosa Properties LLC 500 Services SMALL COTTAGE TO RENT 203 Recreation Equipment Black Butte One bedroom, small yard. $1,200 WINDOW CLEANING monthly, inc. utilities. Furnished Commercial & Residential. or unfurnished. $200 deposit. 18 years experience, references Available October 1. available. Safe, reliable, friendly. Call 541-549-3838 Free estimates. 541-241-0426 Laser Blade Fiberglass 104 Vacation Rentals ~ WEDDINGS BY KARLY ~ Sit-On-Top Kayak ~ Sisters Vacation Rentals ~ Happy to perform virtual or Fun, fast, 14’ long, 24” wide. Private Central OR vac. rentals, in-person weddings. Easily loads and rides on car-top Property Management Services Custom Wedding Ceremonies rack. REDUCED! $300 $200. 541-977-9898 20+ years • 541-410-4412 541-977-8494 www.SistersVacation.com revkarly@gmail.com

• DERI’s HAIR SALON • Call 541-419-1279 GEORGE’S SEPTIC TANK SERVICE “A Well Maintained Septic System Protects the Environment” 541-549-2871 SMALL Engine REPAIR Lawn Mowers, Chainsaws & Trimmers Sisters Rental 331 W. Barclay Drive 541-549-9631 Authorized service center for Stihl, Briggs & Stratton, Honda, Tecumseh

Junk removal, garage & storage clean-out, yard & construction debris. You Call – We Haul! 541-598-4345. BOOKKEEPING SERVICE ~ Olivia Spencer ~ Expert Local Bookkeeping! Phone: (541) 241-4907 www.spencerbookkeeping.com

501 Computers & Communications

Technology Problems? I can fix them for you. Solving for business, home & A/V needs. All tech supported. Jason Williams Sisters local • 25 yrs. experience 541-719-8329 SISTERS SATELLITE TV • PHONE • INTERNET Your authorized local dealer for DirecTV, ViaSat HS Internet and more! CCB # 191099 541-318-7000 • 541-306-0729 Computer Repair Services kdmpcs.com • 541-480-6499 FREE LASERJET PRINTER HP LaserJet 5200 (black and white laser printer), plus two 16A cartridges. Stop by The Nugget to look at or pick up.

502 Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning

GORDON’S LAST TOUCH Cleaning Specialists for CARPETS, WINDOWS & UPHOLSTERY Member Better Business Bureau • Bonded & Insured • Serving Central Oregon Since 1980 Call 541-549-3008 M & J CARPET CLEANING Area rugs, upholstery, tile & dryer-vent cleaning. Established & family-owned since 1986. 541-549-9090 BULLSEYE CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING New owner of Circuit Rider Carpet Cleaning Over 30 years experience, specialize in rugs & pet stains. Licensed & Insured – Sisters owned & operated – bullseyecarpetcleaning.net • 541-238-7700 •

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504 Handyman

JONES UPGRADES LLC Home Repairs & Remodeling Drywall, Decks, Pole Barns, Fences, Sheds & more. Mike Jones, 503-428-1281 Local resident • CCB #201650 LAREDO CONSTRUCTION 541-549-1575 Maintenance / Repairs Insurance Work CCB #194489 Home Customizations, LLC Res. & Commercial Remodeling, Bldg. Maintenance & Painting Chris Patrick, Owner homecustomizations@gmail.com CCB #191760 • 541-588-0083

600 Tree Service & Forestry

4 Brothers Tree Service Sisters' Premier Tree Experts! – TREE REMOVAL & CLEANUP – Native / Non-Native Tree Assessments, Pruning, High-Risk Removals, 24 Hr. Emergency Storm Damage Cleanup, Craning & Stump Grinding, Debris Removal. – FOREST MANAGEMENT – Fire Fuels Reduction - Brush Mowing, Mastication, Tree Thinning, Large & Small Scale Projects! Serving Black Butte Ranch, Camp Sherman & Sisters Area since 2003 ** Free Estimates ** Owner James Hatley & Sons 541-815-2342 4brostrees.com Licensed, Bonded and Insured CCB-215057 TIMBER STAND IMPROVEMENT Tree care and vegetation management Pruning, hazard tree removal, stump grinding, brush mowing, certified arborist consultation, tree risk assessment qualified, wildfire fuels assessment and treatment, grant acquisition, lot clearing, crane services. Nate Goodwin ISA-Cert. Arborist PN-7987A CCB #190496 * 541.771.4825 Online at: www.tsi.services Sisters Tree Care, LLC Preservation, Pruning, Removals & Storm Damage Serving All of Central Oregon Brad Bartholomew ISA Cert. Arborist UT-4454A 503-914-8436 • CCB #218444 Top Knot Tree Care can handle all of your tree needs, from trims to removals. Specializing in tree assessment, hazard tree removal, crown reduction, ladder fuel reduction, lot clearing, ornamental and fruit tree trimming and care. • Locally owned and operated • • Senior and military discounts • • Free assessments • • Great cleanups • • Licensed, Insured and Bonded • Contact Bello @ 541-419-9655, Find us on Facebook and Google CCB#227009

601 Construction

JERRY WILLIS DRYWALL & VENETIAN PLASTER All Residential, Commercial Jobs 541-480-7179 • CCB #69557

CASCADE GARAGE DOORS Factory Trained Technicians Since 1983 • CCB #44054 541-548-2215 • 541-382-4553 Carl Perry Construction LLC Residential & Commercial Restoration • Repair – DECKS & FENCES – CCB #201709 • 541-419-3991 CENIGA'S MASONRY, INC. Brick • Block • Stone • Pavers CCB #181448 – 541-350-6068 www.CenigasMasonry.com JOHN NITCHER CONSTRUCTION General Contractor Home repair, remodeling and additions. CCB #101744 541-549-2206 SPURGE COCHRAN BUILDER, INC. General Contractor Building Distinctive, Handcrafted Custom Homes, Additions, Remodels Since ’74 A “Hands-On” Builder Keeping Your Project on Time & On Budget • CCB #96016 To speak to Spurge personally, call 541-815-0523

Lara’s Construction LLC. CCB#223701 Offering masonry work, fireplaces, interior & exterior stone/brick-work, build barbecues & all types of masonry. Give us a call for a free estimate. 541-350-3218

Custom Homes Residential Building Projects Concrete Foundations Becke William Pierce CCB# 190689 • 541-647-0384 Beckewpcontracting@gmail.com McCARTHY & SONS CONSTRUCTION New Construction, Remodels, Fine Finish Carpentry 541-420-0487 • CCB #130561 Earthwood Timberframes • Design & construction • Recycled fir and pine beams • Mantles and accent timbers Kris@earthwoodhomes.com CCB #174977

Pat Burke LOCALLY OWNED CRAFTSMAN BUILT CCB: 288388 • 541-588-2062 www.sistersfencecompany.com LAREDO CONSTRUCTION 541-549-1575 For ALL Your Residential Construction Needs CCB #194489 www.laredoconstruction.com THE NUGGET NEWSPAPER 541 - 549 - 9941 www.NuggetNews.com

SIMON CONSTRUCTION SERVICES Residential Remodel Building Projects Bruce Simon, Quality craftsman for 35 years 541-948-2620 • CCB #184335 bsimon@bendbroadband.com

Construction & Renovation Custom Residential Projects All Phases • CCB #148365 541-420-8448

Custom Homes • Additions Residential Building Projects Serving Sisters area since 1976 Strictly Quality CCB #16891 • CCB #159020 541-549-9764 John Pierce jpierce@bendbroadband.com • • • • • • • • • • • LIKE The Nugget on FACEBOOK! • • • • • • • • • • •

602 Plumbing & Electric

SWEENEY PLUMBING, INC. “Quality and Reliability” Repairs • Remodeling • New Construction • Water Heaters 541-549-4349 Residential and Commercial Licensed • Bonded • Insured CCB #87587 R&R Plumbing, LLC > Repair & Service > Hot Water Heaters > Remodels & New Const. Servicing Central Oregon Lic. Bond. Ins. • CCB #184660 541-771-7000 CURTS ELECTRIC LLC – SISTERS, OREGON – Quality Electrical Installations Agricultural • Commercial Industrial • Well & Irrigation Pumps, Motor Control, Barns & Shops, Plan Reviews CCB #178543 541-480-1404 MONTE'S ELECTRIC • service • residential • commercial • industrial Serving all of Central Oregon 541-719-1316 lic. bond. insured, CCB #200030

ROBINSON & OWEN Heavy Construction, Inc. All your excavation needs *General excavation *Site Preparation *Sub-Divisions *Road Building *Sewer and Water Systems *Underground Utilities *Grading *Snow Removal *Sand-Gravel-Rock Licensed • Bonded • Insured CCB #124327 (541) 549-1848 BANR Enterprises, LLC Earthwork, Utilities, Grading, Hardscape, Rock Walls Residential & Commercial CCB #165122 • 541-549-6977 www.BANR.net TEWALT & SONS INC. Excavation Contractors Sisters’ Oldest Excavation Co. Our experience will make your $ go further – Take advantage of our FREE on-site visit! Hard Rock Removal • Rock Hammering • Hauling Trucking • Top Soil • Fill Dirt Ground-to-finish Site Prep Building Demolition • Ponds & Liners • Creative & Decorative Rock Placement • Clearing, Leveling & Grading Driveways Utilities: Sewer Mains, Laterals Water, Power, TV & Phone Septic System EXPERTS: Complete Design & Permit Approval, Feasibility, Test Holes. Sand, Pressurized & Standard Systems. Repairs, Tank Replacement. CCB #76888 Cellular: 419-2672 or 419-5172 • 541-549-1472 • TewaltAndSonsExcavation.com Do You Provide a Service? CLASSIFIEDS! It pays to advertise in The Nugget Newspaper

604 Heating & Cooling

ACTION AIR Heating & Cooling, LLC Retrofit • New Const • Remodel Consulting, Service & Installs actionairheatingandcooling.com CCB #195556 541-549-6464

605 Painting

Riverfront Painting LLC Interior/Exterior • Deck Staining SHORT LEAD TIMES Travis Starr, 541-647-0146 License #216081

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~ FRONTIER PAINTING ~ Quality Painting, Ext. & Int. Refurbishing Decks CCB #131560 • 541-771-5620 www.frontier-painting.com

606 Landscaping & Yard Maintenance

All Landscaping Services Mowing, Thatching, Hauling... Call Abel Ortega, 541-815-6740.

Complete landscape construction, fencing, irrigation installation & trouble-shooting, general cleanups, turf care maintenance and agronomic recommendations, fertility & water conservation management, light excavation. CCB 188594 • LCB 9264 541-515-8462

From design to installation we can do it all! Pavers, water features, irrigation systems, sod, plants, trees etc. 541-771-9441 LCB #8906 J&E Landscaping Maintenance LLC Clean-ups, raking, mowing, hauling debris, gutters. Edgar Cortez 541-610-8982 jandelspcing15@gmail.com – All You Need Maintenance – Pine needle removal, hauling, mowing, moss removal, edging, raking, weeding, pruning, roofs, gutters, pressure washing... Lic/Bonded/Ins. CCB# 218169 Austin • 541-419-5122

701 Domestic Services

BLAKE & SON – Commercial, Home & Rentals Cleaning WINDOW CLEANING! Lic. & Bonded • 541-549-0897

802 Help Wanted

Stitchin Post is hiring. Sales position, 3 days/week. Sewing, quilting, knitting experience helpful. Pick up application at the store (311 W Cascade) or email vjwells@stitchinpost.com. Davis Tire FT & PT positions available. Pay dependent upon experience. Apply in person, 188 W. Sisters Park Dr. Immediate positions available.

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603 Excavation & Trucking

Cascade Bobcat Service is now SCHERRER EXCAVATION Lic. & Bonded – CCB #225286 scherrerexcavation.com Mike • 541-420-4072 Logan • 541-420-0330

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FILE #: CP 20-02, ZM 20-01 FILE CITY #: OF CP SISTERS 20-02, ZM 20-01 APPLICANT/ OWNER: NOTICE APPLICANT/ AND REQUEST OWNER: Three Sisters Holdings LLC Three FORSisters PROPOSALS Holdings LLC LOCATION: 800 W Barclay LAZY LOCATION: Z RANCH 800 MASTER W Barclay Drive, Sisters OR Map and Drive, Sisters PLANOR Map and Taxlot #:Help 151005D000100. Wanted Proposals Taxlot #: Due 151005D000100. by 2 p.m. on REQUEST: Please send The Applicant an email tois REQUEST: October The 7, 2020 Applicant is requesting sistersfencecompany@gmail.com approval of a Zoning The requesting City ofapproval Sisters (City) of a Zoning is Map withAmendment letter of interest and or soliciting Map Amendment proposals from and Comprehensive call 541-588-2062. Plan Map qualified Comprehensive land use planning, Plan Map Amendment to rezone and engineering, Amendment and/or to architectural rezone and Finance Manager redesignate the property from landscape redesignate consulting the property firms from to Sisters Habitat for Humanity Urban Area Reserve to Light develop Urban a long Area term Reserve Master to Light Plan 20 hours/week, Starting wage is Industrial. The applicant is also forIndustrial. the futureThe development applicant is and also $20-$25 / hr DOE. proposing text amendments to the preservation proposing text of the amendments City owned to the Bookkeeping, HR, budgeting, Comprehensive Plan related to portion Comprehensive of the Lazy Plan Z Ranch related to mortgage processing, insurance. the subject property and detailed the subject withinproperty the City’s and Full description is at industrial land needs. Files Request industrial for Proposal land needs. (RFP). Files sistershabitat.org/about/hiring. associated with the project can and be Interested associated firms with can theobtain project a copy can be Email cover letter, resume reviewed by visiting the reviewed of the byRFP visiting at the City references to City website. https://www.ci.sisters.or.us/rfps website. sharlene@sistershabitat.org. APPLICABLE CRITERIA: Sealed APPLICABLE RFPs must beCRITERIA: received by 999 Public Notice City of Sisters Development KerryCity Prosser, of Sisters City Development Recorder, by Code (SDC): Chapter OF 3 (Design hand Code delivery (SDC): at Chapter 520 E. Cascade 3 (Design NOTICE Standards), Chapter 4.7 (Land Ave., Standards), or PO Box Chapter 39 Sisters, 4.7 (Land PUBLIC HEARING Use District Map given and Text Oregon Use District 97759, Map on orand before Text Notice is hereby that the Amendments), Chapter 4.1 will 2 p.m.Amendments), (local time) onChapter October4.1 7, City of Sisters City Council (Types of Applications and at 2020. (Types Envelopes of Applications should beand conduct a public hearing Review. Statewide Land clearly Review. marked Statewide “LAZY LandZUse Sisters City Hall, 520 E. Use Cascade Goals,Sisters City of(mailing Sisters address RANCH Goals, MASTER City of PLAN.” Sisters Avenue, Comprehensive Plan, OR Oregon Comprehensive provide onePlan, (1) digital Oregon PO Box 39, Sisters, 97759) Please Revised Statutes, Revised emailStatutes, submittals), Oregon one on September 23, Oregon 2020 at 6:30 copy (no Administrative Administrative hard copy,Rules. and ten p.m. regarding theRules. applications (1) original hard copies of the Proposal. listed below. The hearing will be (10)IN IN THE CIRCUIT COURT THE CIRCUIT COURT The original should be marked held according to SDC Chapter OF THE STATE OF OF THE STATE OF “Original” and must an 4.1 and the rules procedure OREGON FORofTHE OREGON FORbear THE original ink signature by an adopted by the Council and COUNTY OF DESCHUTES COUNTY OF DESCHUTES authorized to represent at City Prior to In available the matter of Hall. the estate of:theindividual In the matter of the estate of: the Proposer. Late submissions public hearing, written comments Gary Kent Rodgers, deceased. Gary Kent Rodgers, deceased. be accepted.Notice to may be 20PB05520 provided to Sisters Case No. NoticeCity to Casewill No.not20PB05520 The City of Sisters reserves the is Hall at 520 E. Cascade Avenue, interested persons. Notice is interested persons. Notice right to reject proposals not in Sisters (mailing address hereby given that the undersigned hereby given that the undersigned compliance with the prescribed Box 39, Sisters, ORas97759) has PObeen appointed the has been appointed as the requirementsof andthe or emailed to of the procedures personal representative personal and representative may reject any or all responses. Estate nmardell@ci.sisters.or.us. of Gary Kent Rodgers. All Estate of Gary Kent Rodgers. All All requests forclaims clarification Comments should against be directed persons having claims the persons having against the must be submitted writing to toward criteriarequired that applytoto estate are herebyin required estate are the hereby no later than Thursday, this request and must present their claims, withreference proper present their claims, with proper October 1, 2020,within to the fileattached, number. For additional vouchers within four vouchers attached, four Paul Bertagna at: Email: information, months after the please date contact of first months after the date of first pbertagna@ci.sisters.or.us Nicole Mardell, Principal publication of this notice,Planner as publication of this notice, as (preferred method). at (541)to323-5208 or stated below, the personal stated below, to Copy the Troy personal Rayburn at: Email: nmardell@ci.sisters.or.us. The representative at: representative at: trayburn@ci.sisters.or.us staff and recommendation Markreport G. Rodgers Mark G. Rodgers to theHilltop hearings 20925 Pl. body will be 20925 T H E Hilltop N U GPl.G E T available review at least seven Bend, ORfor97703 Bend, ORS 97703 NEW PAPER days before or claims may the be hearing. barred. All All or Cclaims All L A S Smay I F Ibe E Dbarred. S!! submitted evidence materials persons whose rightsandmay be persons whose They're on the rights Web atmay be related the proceedings application are affected by tothe in affected by the proceedings in www.nuggetnews.com for obtain inspection at City this this available estate may additional estate may additional Uploaded everyobtain Tuesday Hall. Copies of all materials information from thesuch records of information from thecharge! records of afternoon at no extra be available at a the Call the will court, theon request personal court, the personal 541-549-9941 reasonable cost. TTY services representative at the address setare representative the address set Deadline for at classified is available forth above. at the Sisters City Hall. forth above. Monday by noon Please contact Kerry Prosser, City Recorder, at (541) 323-5213 for arrangements. The Sisters City Hall building is a fully handicapped-accessible facility. Due to COVID-19 and required social-distancing measures, the City will make accommodations for remote participation and strongly encourages all interested parties to participate remotely. Meeting access information will be posted on the City Council agenda on September 18, 2020 and can be found on https://www.ci.sisters.or.us/ meetings. Written comments will be accepted via drop off to the utility payment box at City Hall, 502 E Cascade Ave., Sisters prior to September 23 at 4 p.m. PUBLIC HEARING: September 23, 2020 at 6:30 p.m.

CITY OF SISTERS NOTICE AND REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS LAZY Z RANCH MASTER PLAN Proposals Due by 2 p.m. on October 7, 2020 The City of Sisters (City) is soliciting proposals from qualified land use planning, engineering, and/or architectural landscape consulting firms to develop a long term Master Plan for the future development and preservation of the City owned portion of the Lazy Z Ranch detailed within the City’s Request for Proposal (RFP). Interested firms can obtain a copy of the RFP at https://www.ci.sisters.or.us/rfps Sealed RFPs must be received by Kerry Prosser, City Recorder, by hand delivery at 520 E. Cascade Ave., or PO Box 39 Sisters, Oregon 97759, on or before 2 p.m. (local time) on October 7, 2020. Envelopes should be clearly marked “LAZY Z RANCH MASTER PLAN.” Please provide one (1) digital copy (no email submittals), one (1) original hard copy, and ten (10) hard copies of the Proposal. The original should be marked “Original” and must bear an original ink signature by an individual authorized to represent the Proposer. Late submissions will not be accepted. The City of Sisters reserves the right to reject proposals not in compliance with the prescribed procedures and requirements and may reject any or all responses. All requests for clarification must be submitted in writing no later than Thursday, October 1, 2020, to Paul Bertagna at: Email: pbertagna@ci.sisters.or.us (preferred method). Copy Troy Rayburn at: Email: trayburn@ci.sisters.or.us THE NUGGET NEWSPAPER C L A S S I F I E D S!! They're on the Web at www.nuggetnews.com Uploaded every Tuesday afternoon at no extra charge! Call 541-549-9941 Deadline for classified is Monday by noon

saw the value of “Leave No Trace” Continued from page 7

“Wow! They loved it — and wanted more,” Walden said. The regular program for the younger kids ran this summer with fewer kids. They had a great introduction to mountain biking and the pace was slower, with many stops to rest and discuss the natural habitats along the way to Suttle Lake. One of the real pluses of the program was the young cyclists being able to observe the impact campers have on the area, and the reasons why it’s so important to “Leave No

They loved the summer memories of riding bikes with friends and swimming at Suttle Lake and all the various art projects... — Heather Walden Trace” when out in nature. To make this stop even more fun, the kids have hidden a geocache near this campsite and named it, “Leave No Trace,” and they love to let the new kids in the biking program find it. To learn more about Black Butte Eco Bike Explorers visit www.bbekids.org.

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Commercial Building & Business 250 W. Cascade Ave., Sisters $899,000 Highly visible downtown Sisters location 2,400 sq. . (approx.) commercial building Main-level dining & kitchen Second-level office and bathroom with potential living quarters Outdoor patio Successful, well-known restaurant (currently closed)

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Honoring educators in Sisters Country

STREET FAIR: Cancellations have been tough on vendors Continued from page 3

The Nugget wants to help the Sisters community honor the dedicated educators who have continued to serve their students in the confusing and chaotic atmosphere of a global pandemic. In lieu of the traditional Outlaw Calendar, The Nugget will publish each month a Sisters Educator Honor Roll — a salute to the teachers and staff who go above and beyond the call of duty to make their students’ educational experience in Sisters exceptional — whether it’s

online or in-person. Students and family members are invited to email brief statements recognizing exceptional educators to be published in the Honor Roll. Include the name of the student (first name only is OK); name of the teacher; grade level and school; and a statement describing what makes the educator exceptional. Send submissions of 55 words or less to leith@ nuggetnews.com. They will be placed on a space-available basis.

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maintain COVID-19 protocols during Labor Day weekend and that there won’t be another spike in cases. Scholl said he toured the schools last week and saw readiness to get the school year underway — regardless of the configuration. “From what I witnessed this week, from school staff, to parents, to students, we are all ready to move into the 20-21 school year together and make it the best year possible,” he said.

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about the possibility of a reopen at our middle and high schools,” Scholl wrote. “If our metrics hold, we could be reopening by the week of October 19.” As of the September 2 report, the 97759 zip code has seen 25 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Deschutes County cases peaked in July and have returned to levels seen in late May and early June. St. Charles Health Services CEO Joe Sluka reported last Thursday that, “The latest COVID-19 news at St. Charles is that our numbers of hospitalized patients have been quite low for the past few weeks. We have three COVID-19 patients in the Bend hospital (as of last Thursday) and two of them are in the ICU on ventilators. Yesterday (Wednesday, September2) , we had only one new positive COVID-19 case in the three counties we serve. “This is really positive news and I can’t say how much we appreciate all you are doing to help — by washing your hands, wearing masks, staying home, physically distancing and more.” Health authorities were hopeful that people would

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Riley Sheets, one of the event staff from Crater Lake Spirits in Bend, was offering small bottles of hand sanitizer to patrons stopping at the booth. She said, “We are the spirit of adventure. And now we make a street fair sanitizer and we’re giving out little complimentary bottles. That was probably our biggest change going through COVID. We are also making sure that when we are going to events, we have enough so that we can serve people a little better in that way.” Hannah Moncham, marketing assistant, added, “Our tasting room is open in Bend. We’re doing our typical tastings, with a course in pre-sanitation, everybody’s required to have masks on and as long as they’re seated at the table, they can take their masks off. We’re still fully operational with that.” Prineville resident Joel Dunaway, Clay Dragon Pottery owner, was a firsttime vendor at Sisters Street Fair. He noted, “My wife and I have actually been here

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because there were no spaces left. And we’re pretty happy with that.” “We’ve been getting by with these little shows,” Missy said. “This was our first and only art show this year, but we’re managing.” Local scratchboard artist Jennifer Hartwig’s booth showcased her stunning artistic talent. “This is such a wonderful thing to have right now,” she told The Nugget. “I jumped on this show really quick. So right now, during COVID, a lot of my meat-and-potatoes business is creating dog portraits. So, surprisingly enough I haven’t lost business on that. I’ve also been able to receive the PUA (Pandemic Unemployment Assistance) through the unemployment for my business. This Street Fair will be my first real foray in a sales situation.”

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throughout the whole summer. We’ve been vendors at the Sisters Farmer’s Market. “We’ve been compliant as far as the mask and we have sanitizer. We’re small town. So, we’re naturally distanced from other people. I’ve got some customers in Portland that I’ve talked to and it’s definitely a difficult situation there, but here I think we can be safe and do business here.” Dunaway has had a passion for pottery since the seventh grade. But his craft really kicked off in college with a ceramics class. “I went into it, wanting to do it, you know, one of those attitudes, and I went three years in college with two apprenticeships, had my own studio for a while, and another career for a few decades. And now, this is my career for the rest of the years.” Brent and Missy Taylor, owners of Cabin Creek Log Furniture & Designs have also joined the team of vendors at Sisters Farmers Market. Missy noted, “We’ve been doing the summer markets and we’ve been at a farmer’s market in Bend Northwest Crossing. We’ve been lucky enough to get into Sisters Farmer’s Market.” Brent added, “They gave us the stage in Fir Street Park

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of wildlife including owl, elk, horse, Steller’s jay, butterfly, Western tanager and Roufus hummingbird. The background color is brick, to match the lower color of the building, which is otherwise teal. The artists both live in Bend, though Katie Daisy, a writer and illustrator, is looking to move to Sisters. They’ve been friends with Kelley Rae for 10 years, which is why Kelley Rae chose them to design and paint this mural. Katie grew up on a small family farm in northern Illinois, the closest town home to just 500 people. After art school in Minnesota, she traveled the country, settling down for a spell in Weaverville, N.C., in the Great Smokey Mountains. Katie’s book, “How to Be a Wildflower,” is all about selfdiscovery through encounters with nature, and includes prompts to inspire creativity and wellbeing. It’s available at Kelly Rae’s shop, and online. Katie eventually made her way to Bend, where she lives with her six-year-old son, Finn. As a full-time artist and mom, she designs calendars, year planners, note cards, and product labels, featuring trees and colorful flowers, and decorative hand lettering. Karen Eland’s work is more realistic, and includes animals, wildlife, and trees. Her unique paintings, made with beer (porters and stouts) and coffee, look like sepia

toned images in a semi-realistic style. She has a studio and store at The Workhouse in Bend, where she’s done several murals including the Foxtail Bakeshop and Oregon Spirit Distillers. Both artists also have shops on Etsy.com. “I had a lovely vision,” said Kelly Rae. “I thought Katie and Karen’s work would be perfect for that wall.” She approached building owners Dana and Nancy Bratton, got their approval, and together they received approval from the City of Sisters. “It’s a really lovely complement to the store, and the street, with its art and galleries,” she said. So inspired was Kelly Rae that she decided to rebrand her shop, while it was still new. “After being open for a little over a month, I’ve decided to change my new shop name from SoulShine & Co. to Marigold & True. It turns out that many people think Soulshine is a shoe store (Soul = Sole) and apparently there’s a pretty popular band that uses the name SoulShine,” Kelley Rae wrote on her Facebook page. “I figure we’d better change it now while we’re still pretty new. I like how Marigold still has the yellow, sunshiny vibe of SoulShine, yet has the sweet sort of flowery southern, vintage touch and feel that I’m after. And True is my kiddo’s name, and it just has my heart always. Marigold & True. Yes, feels just right,” she said. Nourish, the food cart operated by Kelley Rae’s husband John, opens this month. “Nancy and I have been pleased to join other property owners on Hood Avenue in

Wednesday, September 9, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon developing a vibrant district that draws a mix of exceptional artists and world class retailers,” said building owner Dana Bratton. “As a real estate professional, I believe that location is crucial, and it’s easy to see that a Hood Avenue address has become an important component for business success. Add in excellent dining options and this neighborhood has what it takes to make a visit to Sisters a five-star experience.” Another one of those world-class artists is sculptor Gary Cooley. His bronze sculpture, “Helping Hands,” is being installed on the east side of the building, near the South Pine Street entrance. Gary and his wife Karen own the Collection Gallery, which along with Hood Avenue Art and the framing studio for Sisters Gallery and Frame Shop, lend the mixed-use building a heavy art presence. Other tenants fill the two-story building. Cooley’s sculpture is of a young girl holding a little boy in her arms, with doves in their hands. A benefactor commissioned “Helping Hands” for The Children’s Miracle Network in Eugene, in 1998. Cooley and his daughter, Carrie Strasheim, sculpted the statue using Cooley’s grandchildren as models. “I taught her how to sculpt, and this was her first major sculpture,” Cooley said. Both artists signed the piece, which was cast at a foundry in Kalispell, Montana, where the Cooleys lived at the time. The commissioned sculpture was initially placed in a water feature at the original location of Children’s Miracle Network, a temporary residential facility for

families of children in treatment at Sacred Heart Hospital. When the new hospital was built, so was a new residence, and the sculpture was moved to the newer facility, where it still resides. Cooley has since cast half a dozen replicas of the sculpture for other clients, but this location’s piece is Number one in a limited edition of 15. “It’s my own piece, but now it belongs here,” Cooley said. “The idea was to create a PHOTO BY HELEN SCHMIDLING figure that would The sculpture “Helping Hands” is featured on comfort families the west (South Pine Street) entrance of Dana who were under Bratton’s building. stress due to medical issues,” outlook for the Sisters econsaid Karen Cooley.” In this time of uncer- omy is bright,” said Dana tainty, it seems appropriate. Bratton. “For now, living here “2020 has been unusual, but is wonderful and I’m looking many local business people forward to the future with recognize that the long-term great expectation.”

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541-549-2002 1-800-650-6766 www. P onderosa P roperties.com 221 S. Ash St. | PO Box 1779 | Sisters 7773 NW 89TH COURT Views of the Cascades and Black Butte from 9.07 acres of gently sloping land. This property is located within the highly desirable Lower Bridge Estates just outside of Terrebonne. Your dream home project has been given a head start here as the improvements to date include a private well, septic system installed in 2003 and power available. These significant improvement expenses have already been invested on behalf of this property’s lucky new owners. Outdoor lovers will also appreciate the close proximity to public land access and the fishing opportunities to be realized on the scenic Deschutes River. $320,000. MLS#220108557 THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS Located in the Coyote Springs neighborhood, end of a quiet cul-de-sac bordering the forest buffer, this homesite offers the best of both worlds. Access over 100 miles of Peterson Ridge and other forest trails right out your back door. Enjoy the nearby amenities of FivePine Lodge, Three Creeks Brewing, Sisters Athletic Club, Shibui Spa and Sisters Movie House or stroll into downtown to enjoy Creekside Park, the Village Green, art galleries, fine restaurants and gourmet markets. Ready for your new home with underground utilities, paved streets, city sewer and city water. CCRs and design guidelines have helped create a beautiful neighborhood of quality homes. Low HOA fees. Get your hiking shoes on or pull out your mountain bike and enjoy all that Sisters Country has to offer! $260,000. MLS#201910116

BE A PART OF IT... Sisters’ Only Custom Mixed-Use Community INNOVATIVE NEW CONCEPT • Light Industrial/Commercial • Live/Work Loft Apartments • Opportunity for Economic Diversity • Small Condo-type Spaces • Perfect for Start-ups and Entrepreneurs Lot 17 MLS#201803204 ............ $210,000 Lot 5 MLS#201803205 ............$240,000 Lot 4 MLS#201803206 ........... $250,000 Lot 7 MLS#201803202 ........... $260,000

NEW TOWNHOME! Three bedrooms, 2.5 baths. Ultra-modern interior design features upper-level living. Light and bright greatroom with south-facing windows, cozy propane fireplace and high vaulted ceilings. Sunny patio with mountain view and feeling of openness. Comfortable upper-level master suite with high ceilings, plenty of closet space and spacious bathroom. Also, a half-bath plus utility room upstairs for convenience. Lower level has 2 bedrooms plus guest bathroom. Heat pump on upper and efficient in-floor radiant heating on lower level. Single attached garage. $449,000. MLS#202000015

GOLF COURSE FRONTAGE A beautiful setting overlooking Aspen Lakes' 16th Fairway with tee-to-green fairway views. The vista includes fairway ponds and a forested ridge/open space as the backdrop. Ponderosa pines and open skies highlight this large homesite ideal for your custom-home dreams. Underground utilities and water available, septic approval and close to Aspen Lakes Recreational Center. $299,500. MLS#220106225

16676 JORDAN ROAD Mountain views! Part of the original Lazy Z Ranch. Fenced on two sides with Kentucky black fencing. Power close by. Septic feasibility in place, may need new evaluation. Close to town, yet off the beaten path, overlooking a 167± acre site of the R&B Ranch, which currently is not buildable. Needs well. Owner will consider short terms. $385,000. MLS#201802331

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1156 E. CREEKSIDE COURT Creek front living! Build your dream home with the music of the creek in your backyard. Pines, willows, cottonwoods and natural grasses for your landscape. Play in the water on a hot summer day! Lot adjoins riparian park. No HOA dues! City water and sewer, so close to everything that Sisters Country has to offer. $245,000. MLS #220102859

EXCITING NEW TOWNHOME Located in The Peaks at Pine Meadow Village. Two bedrooms, 2 baths and 1,455 sq.ft. Contemporary style and design features upper-level living for privacy and view from the greatroom. Practical kitchen opens to a large spacious living/dining with vaulted ceilings and lots of windows to let the natural light in. Propane fireplace provides a cozy and warm living space in the cooler months. Ductless heat pump and lower-level radiant floor heating gives year-round efficiency. Master is on the entry level and enjoys a large closet and luxurious bathroom. Guest suite is located off the greatroom, as well as an enjoyable upper-level patio to enjoy the outdoors. An auto courtyard leads to the attached garage. $432,500. MLS#202000020

LAKE CREEK LODGE #26-U4 One-quarter share interest in this beautiful 3-bedroom, 3-bath cabin at historic Lake Creek Lodge in Camp Sherman. Features modern amenities with the feel of yesteryear. Built in 2014 and furnished with a combination of antiques and quality reproduction pieces, the cabin features fir-plank floors, knotty-pine paneling, stone/ gas fireplace, butcher-block countertops, gas cooktop, farm kitchen sink, tile bathroom floors & showers, washer/dryer, cedar decks, stone exterior accents & locked storage. $229,500. MLS#220107403

SPRING HOME #14 Special setting at Black Butte Ranch with mountain feel and sense of privacy from its perch on the side of a forested ridge. Centrally located to all amenities at the Ranch. Greatroom kitchen overlooks family room. 2 spacious dining areas. 2 living areas, multiple fireplaces. 3 spacious bedroom suites, plus 2 bunk-room suites. Extensive outdoor living by large main-level deck overlooking the forest, covered lower-level patio, private morning courtyard & more. Timeless contemporary design apparent from cul-de-sac entrance, paved drive & parking, triple garage & formal covered entrance. $1,200,000. MLS#220104124