The Nugget Vol. XLVI No. 28
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News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Sisters celebrates the quilter’s art By Bill Bartlett Correspondent
The Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show ended Saturday in brilliant sunshine with breezes so light they never caused a ripple in the hanging quilts — all 1,166 of them. They came by the busloads, literally. Exploration To u r s o f R o c h e s t e r, Washington brought 45 as did Country Heritage Tours of Bedford, New Hampshire. Portland Modern Quilt Guild brought a smaller bus as did others with group sizes of nine to 20. Getaway Vacations from Alberta, Canada landed a luxury coach full of quilters. And so it was with estimates of 8,000 to 10,000 rolling into town, eating and shopping to the delight of local eateries and merchants, some of whom brought in extra inventory and/or moved merchandise to sidewalk display racks. Eight journeyed from the United Kingdom led by Anne Farnham of the Cotswold’s where they know something about quilting. “I guess you could say we’re quilting fanatics,” Farnham said. “This show is just the bees knees,” chimed in Abigail
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Sisters resident Steve Hagan is an avid hunter. He counts himself fortunate to have spent 43 years in a row hunting with his dad. He’s passionate about hunting and has dedicated countless hours supporting it. Since 2021, he’s been the Turnin-Poachers (TIP) coordinator for the Oregon Hunters Association (OHA). He’s also the OHA President for Oregon. When Hagan became the TIP coordinator, he inherited an egregious poaching case that took place in Dry Canyon three months before. Dry Canyon is just east of Sisters
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Trails outfit expands mission By Bill Bartlett Correspondent
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In a long-standing tradition, Sisters firefighters hung quilts early Saturday morning to thrill thousands at the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, celebrating its 48th year. Loring, before realizing that many stops they made along Sunday morning, worried the popular English expres- the way to fabled quilt shops, that they’d have extra bagsion of approval may be lost and small heritage museums gage charges from their on her Sisters hosts. that featured quilts. shopping spree. Beth Lawson and her “The outdoor show here “Y’all are so nice here,” pal Roxy Ward came from is a mecca if you will,” Mary Louise Simmons said Lexington, Kentucky, a Lawson said. in her Georgian drawl. “How three-day, 2,300-mile drive. They were dropping do y’all stay so friendly with “It’s a quilting pilgrim- their rental car in Redmond age,” Ward said telling of the and taking off at 5:10 a.m. See ART on page 7
Community asked to help catch poachers By Katy Yoder
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and is part of the winter grazing area for mule deer. The bull, cow and spike elk discovered in October of 2020 were shot in a way described as a “thrill kill.” Although bull elk were in season at the time, the poacher only took the head, antlers and some shoulder meat. It’s a crime to leave carcasses to waste even if it’s legal to kill the animal. The Dry Canyon case has a $10,000 reward for information resulting in a citation or conviction. Most of the money came from hunting organizations, but a nonhunting person also donated $2,500 to the reward because they were so upset about the See POACHERS on page 9
Sisters Trails Alliance (STA) has adopted a new mission statement: “To protect and preserve the outdoor experience through the stewardship of multi-user, nonmotorized trails and their adjacent wild places.” It is a subtle change in wording but its intent is marked. The previous version read: “To connect a community of trail users and their natural surroundings through the stewardship of our multi-user, non-motorized trails.” By the addition of “… adjacent wild places” the group is signaling its intention to take a, broader, more active role in preserving the outdoor experience, according to Executive Director Scott Penzarella. STA operates under a Volunteer Service Agreement with the Forest Service and has a legion of volunteers See TRAILS on page 6
Homeless to be housed on Barclay By Bill Bartlett Correspondent
T h e C o l d We a t h e r Shelter, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Sisters, has won final approval of a $1.46 million grant from the recent tranche of $13.9 million provided to Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties. The funding comes from the $98 million pot enacted by Senate Bill 5019 that gives sole authority of the funds’ disbursement to Gov. Kotek who has made fighting homelessness in the state her top priority. The $13.9 million emergency funding is intended to create 111 new shelter beds and rehousing 161 households from unsheltered homelessness in the tri-county area. It is against these goals that
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Sisters is on track to host a dormitory-style shelter for homeless people in the community. Sisters Cold Weather Shelter between Sun Ranch Drive formulated their application. and Pine Street. The structure With the award, the will be converted to dormiShelter can now close on the tory style housing units for $950,000 purchase of a com- eligible houseless including mercial building located at 192 W. Barclay Dr. midway See HOMELESS on page 11
Letters/Weather ............... 2 Roundabout Sisters .......... 4 Entertainment ................. 11 Bull by Bull ......................13 Crossword .......................21 Meetings .......................... 3 Announcements...............10 Obituaries .......................12 Flashback ....................... 20 Classifieds................. 22-23